by Isabelle Eberhardt · Pagès editors, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497795531
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«Rodamón» is the autobiographical novel by Isabelle Eberhardt, published by Pagès editors in paperback (228 pages, in Catalan).
The narrative recreates the author's nomadic life from the Russian steppe to the African deserts, through a character who is herself. Amid adventures and encounters, the work conveys a particular vision of the world, an innate sense of justice and the conviction that living with passion admits no ties.
Translation from French by Amàlia Prat. Belongs to the Lo Marraco Blau collection, number 20. First edition published in Lleida in 2007.
For readers interested in travel literature, the Maghreb and biographies of women travellers.
Isabelle Wilhelmine Marie Eberhardt was a Swiss explorer and author. As a teenager, Eberhardt, educated in Switzerland by her father, published short stories under a male pseudonym. She became interested in North Africa, and was considered a proficient writer on the subject despite learning about the region only through correspondence. After an invitation from photographer Louis David, Eberhardt moved to Algeria in May 1897. She dressed as a man and converted to Islam, eventually adopting the name Si Mahmoud Saadi. Eberhardt's unorthodox behaviour made her an outcast among European settlers in Algeria and the French administration.
