by Charles Dana Gibson · Laertes editorial, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475841021
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«Estampas egipcias» (Sketches in Egypt) is an illustrated travel book by Charles Dana Gibson, published by Laertes in paperback (109 pages, in Spanish).
It brings together the sketches Charles Dana Gibson made on his trip to Egypt in 1897-1898. With satirical humor it portrays Egyptian high society, the fish market, Ramses the Great and the antiquities dealer, and reflects the clash between English colonization and local life alongside the eternity of the desert, the Nile and the ruins.
It is volume 35 of Laertes' Barcelona collection; first edition 1989. The translation, introduction and notes are by Emili Olcina i Aya; the illustrations come from the 1899 edition.
For readers of travel literature and social satire set in the Belle Époque.
