Smouldering Incense, Hammered Brass
A Syrian Interlude
- Publisher
- Turnstone Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1999
- Category
- Essays & Travelogues
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888012371
- Publish Date
- Sep 1999
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
Heather Burles describes her experiences travelling in the countryside, renting a small house in Damascus, learning to speak Arabic, meeting people, and avoiding trouble. As a woman travelling alone, she has access to women's lives and is often invited into their homes. Smouldering Incense, Hammered Brass is written with clarity and grace.
About the author
Heather Burles grew up on a cattle ranch in the Porcupine Hills near Cowley, Alberta. She has degrees in linguistics and in computing science and is fluent in English and German. She still travels and, since returning from Syria, has spent time in China and India. She is now in Vancouver, working as a software engineer.
