Author: L.R. Garces
Publisher: Ministry of the Environment and Canada-ASEAN Centre [and] Asian Development Bank and International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations/United States Coastal Resources Management Project,
Keywords: private, agencies, donor, sector, communities, contribution, iclarm, institutions, banking, areas, coastal, management, asean, region, governments, roles, waste
Number of Pages: 218
Published: 1992
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 971870910X
ISBN-13: 9789718709108

Author: Maria Antonia Garces
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Keywords: tale, captive, algiers, cervantes
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0826514707
ISBN-13: 9780826514707

Returning to Spain after fighting in the Battle of Lepanto and other Mediterranean campaigns against the Turks, the soldier Miguel de Cervantes was captured by Barbary pirates and taken captive to Algiers. The five years he spent in the Algerian bagnios or prison-houses (1575-1580) made an indelible impression on his works. From the first plays and narratives written after his release to his posthumous novel, the story of Cervantes’s traumatic experience continuously speaks through his writings. Cervantes in Algiers offers a comprehensive view of his life as a slave and, particularly, of