RICHARD, SIR BURTON

La presente edición, Vikram y el vampiro (1870), es una traducción libre del sánscrito («la lengua de los dioses», el latín de la India) de los once mejores relatos de Baital-Pachisi (Veinticinco cue

Disguised as a Persian dervish, Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) set out to become the first Christian to penetrate the Muslim shrines of Medina and Mecca a reckless stunt that would have resulted in his being executed if discovered. Endlessly observant, amused, boastful and engaging, Burton here describes his time in Cairo, his crossing of the Red Sea in a crazily overloaded pilgrim boat and his arrival in the fabled Nejd. Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging with writers who saw astounding things: Great civilisations, walls of ice, violent and implacable jungles, deserts and mountains, multitudes of birds and flowers new to science.

El especial atractivo de Kama Sutra Pop-up se encuentra en el ingenioso y divertido movimiento que adquieren sus ilustraciones. El texto ha sido traducido de la clásica edición inglesa de Sir Richard Burton.Maravillosamente ilustrada con dibujos y grabados a todo color.