{"product_id":"the-immortal-journeys-of-isabelle-eberhardt-a-biography-paperback","title":"The Immortal Journeys of Isabelle Eberhardt: A Biography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHédi A. Jaouad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Inspiring, exquisitely researched, and deftly written. I loved it.\" --Elizabeth Gilbert, author, \u003ci\u003eEat, Pray, Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this powerful new biography, the radical adventuress Isabelle Eberhardt emerges as a brilliant modern figure who lived on her own terms--crossing boundaries of gender, faith, empire, and identity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Journeys of Isabelle Eberhardt\u003c\/i\u003e, eminent literary scholar Hédi A. Jaouad offers a bold reexamination of the Swiss-born writer and adventurer whose short life (1877-1904) has long been romanticized, misread, or exoticized. \u003cbr\u003eJaouad explores Eberhardt's spatial existence--dizzyingly mobile, vividly immersive--from a precocious outcast in Geneva to a shape-shifting wanderer in colonial North Africa who lived disguised as an Arab man, converted to Islam, joined a Sufi brotherhood, and fiercely challenged the moral and political boundaries of her time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e raved, \"Once dismissed as an eccentric, Eberhardt emerges here as a visionary who embodied the spirit of adventure through her nonconformist life. It's a vivid portrait of a revolutionary.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSexually ambiguous, spiritually uncontainable, and politically subversive, Eberhardt's life was lived in deliberate defiance of colonial norms and gendered expectations. Yet she remains difficult to categorize: part saint, part scandal, part cipher. Jaouad's approach neither sanitizes her kif-fueled escapades nor sensationalizes her untimely death in a flash flood at Aïn Séfra. Instead, he shows how her lived experience was always tethered to the landscapes she inhabited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers captivated by outsider lives, feminist iconoclasts, and the search for personal sovereignty, The Immortal Journeys of Isabelle Eberhardt is a landmark biography. It lets Eberhardt emerge not as a symbol or mirage, but as a fiercely real figure--forever on the move, and more relevant now than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHédi A. Jaouad\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor emeritus of French and Francophone Studies at Skidmore College. His areas of specialization include francophone literature, twentieth-century French literature, history and theory of criticism, comparative literature and African film. He is the author of six books and serves as editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eRevue CELAAN\u003c\/i\u003e, a biannual journal on North African literature, published by the Center for the Studies of the Literatures and Arts of North Africa. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47735108468989,"sku":"9781953103727","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/qVNT3PGWna9781953103727.webp?v=1781960208","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-immortal-journeys-of-isabelle-eberhardt-a-biography-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}