Marrakech: Books: Marrakech Recommended Reading

Marrakech Recommended Reading

MARRAKECH

“This place, more than any other, has a special gift for concealing poverty, almost as if to heighten the natural beauty that cradles the country.” ~ Pierre Loti

NONFICTION

A Year in Marrakech, Peter Mayne, 2003 — Mayne spent much of his life in India and Pakistan before moving to Marrakech. Here he describes everyday life in the city.

Hideous Kinky, Esther Freud, 1992 — Freud travelled to Morocco in the Sixties at the age of five with her hippy mother and this evocative book covers her travels.

Cooking at the Kasbah, Kitty Morse, 1998 — The basic techniques of Moroccan cooking and Moroccan eating rituals.

Good Food from Morocco, Paula Wolfert, 1990 — Having lived in Morocco for two years Wolfert brings together traditional Moroccan recipes.

FICTION

The Spider House, Paul Bowles, 2006 — Bowles spent many years traveling before settling in Tangiers in the late 1940’s. The Spider House, set in Fes is probably his best Moroccan book.