Eastern Travel

Back Cover Text (From the Promotional Bulletin)

Eastern Travel is an unforgettable travelogue that reflects the extraordinary power of observation, deep culture and rich imagination of Flaubert, the giant writer of world literature.
During his two-year trip to the East in 1849 with his companion Maxime du Camp, Flaubert traveled through various lands of Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Greece and Italy, and with great attention he examined the daily life, authentic places and experiences of the East, from sarcophagi to statues, from brothels to bazaars. While depicting it, it presents an unforgettable picture of the East, which was positioned as an “exotic” object in the 19th century Western imagination. Flaubert's travelogue, which is a political as well as an artistic contribution to orientalist literature, has been at the center of many discussions around orientalism, in addition to its literary value, both at the time it was written and in the 20th century.
“Flaubert's perspective on the East is an imaginative alternative containing dazzling colors to the gray tonality of French rural life.” - EDWARD SAID -

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

First Print Year: 2018

Number of Pages: 574

Size: 13x 19.5