One Thousand Roads to Mecca

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Michael Wolfe

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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
22 September 1998

Islam; Worship, rites & ceremonies; Travel writing

Since its inception in the seventh century, the pilgrimage to Mecca, or the Hajj, has been the central theme in a large body of Islamic travel literature. Beginning with the European Renaissance, it has also been the subject for a handful of adventurous writers from the West who, through conversion or connivance, managed to slip inside the walls of a city forbidden to non-Muslims. One Thousand Roads to Mecca collects significant works by observant travel writers from the East and West over the last ten centuries. The two very different literary traditions form distinct sides of a spirited conversation in which Mecca is the common destination and Islam the common subject of inquiry. Excerpted works include travel narratives by Ibn Jubayr, Ibn Battuta, J. L. Burckhardt, Richard Burton, the Begum of Bhopal, John Keene, Winifred Stegar, Muhammad Asad, Harry St. John Philby, Lady Evelyn Cobbald, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, Malcolm X, and Michael Wolfe.

Edited by: Michael Wolfe
Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd New edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 864g
ISBN: 9780802135995
ISBN 10: 0802135994
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 22 September 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Wolfe is the author of eleven books of poetry, fiction, and travel. In 1990, he made the pilgrimage to Mecca and subsequently wrote two books on the subject, The Hadj: An American's Pilgrimage to Mecca and One Thousand Roads to Mecca: Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing about the Muslim Pilgrimage. For 15 years he was the publisher of Tombouctou Books. He is currently Co-Executive Producer and President of Unity Productions Foundation, a nonprofit media company that produces documentary films for television.

Reviews for One Thousand Roads to Mecca: (updated with new material)

""A tradition of Muslim writing aimed at the insiders and out."" The Boston Globe ""Wolfe does an exemplary job of detailing the ceremonies performed at Mecca and the reasons behind them. The chosen excerpts give the readers a sense of how the hajj has changed over time as well as how constant the central ceremonies have remained. Highly recommended."" Library Journal (starred review) ""A first-rate addition to a spiritual library."" Los Angeles Times ""Serves as an excellent introduction to a religion, people, culture, and philosophy."" Santa Cruz Sentinel