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"Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day: 1905" by Robert Hichens are two short stories that evoke the beauty and the wonder that come with travel to exotic places. Taking place in the desert, these tales help transport readers far away to countries and continents they would never be able to experience normally. Filled with wit and detail, these tales are adventurous and vivid despite their short lengths.
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Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day - Robert Hichens
Robert Hichens
Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day
1905
Published by Good Press, 2019
goodpress@okpublishing.info
EAN 4064066147051
Table of Contents
SMAÏN
SAFTI’S SUMMER DAY.
By Robert Hichens
SMAÏN
Table of Contents
"When the African is in love he plays upon the pipe."
Sahara Saying.
Far away in the desert I heard the sound of a flute, pure sound in the pure air, delicate, sometimes almost comic with the comicality of a child who bends women to kisses and to nonsense-words. We had passed through the sandstorm, Safti and I, over the wastes of saltpetre, and come into a land of palm gardens where there was almost breathless calm. The feet of the camels paddled over the soft brown earth of the narrow alleys between
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