Stories of the Sahara

Stories of the SaharaThe 15 million copy bestselling travelogue memoir from legendary Taiwanese author Sanmao, translated into English for the very first time. Leafing through the pages of National Geographic as a young girl growing up in Taiwan, Sanmao became enchanted by the infinite and wonderous landscape of the Sahara. Years later, in 1974, she sets out for the Spanish desert territory of El Aain in hopes of becoming the first female explorer to cross the hauntingly

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