Socotra, la isla de los genios

Synopsis of Socotra, la isla de los genios

«Socotra, la isla de los genios» is Jordi Esteva's travel book, published by Ediciones Atalanta in hardcover (368 pages, in Spanish).

Jordi Esteva ventures into Socotra, an Indian Ocean island with unique flora and fauna, coveted for its resins of frankincense, myrrh and dragon's blood. He travels through the interior mountains with the grandson of the last sultan and other locals; around the fire, stories emerge of jinn, witches and the Roc bird.

First edition published on September 15, 2011; number 60 of the Memoria Mundi collection. Jordi Esteva is a writer and photographer.

For fans of travel literature and chronicles of cultures far from modernity.