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Stories Set in Tangier
Tangier stands at the Strait of Gibraltar, facing Spain across narrow water. Ruled as an international zone from 1923 to 1956 by several foreign powers, it gathered writers, spies and migrants before rejoining Morocco, a past that favors crossings and disguises. The Bourne Ultimatum stages a chase across its roofs, while Only Lovers Left Alive keeps a house there. Open Tangier on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 9 books, 4 movies and 1 TV show set in Tangier.
The Bourne Ultimatum
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar an upgrade to Project Treadstone in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new…
Only Lovers Left Alive
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and soul-stirring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels…
Little Birds
We arrive with New York heiress Lucy Savage fresh off the transatlantic steamer and ready for love and marriage in exotic climes. But when her husband Hugo does not receive her in the way she expected, she spins off…
Scene of the Crime
In the woods a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ensues and through happenstance…
Naked Lunch
The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various…
My Favorite Spy
A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy's girlfriend who is also a spy.
The Pillars of Hercules
"DAZZLING."--Time"[THEROUX'S] WORK IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SPLENDID EYE FOR DETAIL AND THE TELLING GESTURE; a storyteller's sense of pacing and gift for granting closure to the most subtle progression of events; and the…
الخبز الحافي
سيرة ذاتية روائية 1935 - 1956لم يتعلم محمد شكري القراءة والكتابة حتى العشرين من عمره, فكانت حداثته انجرافاً في عالم البؤس حيث العنف وحده قوت المبدعين اليومي.هروب من أب يكره أولاده (فقد قتل أحد أبنائه في لحظة غضب), شرود…
Collected Stories and Later Writings
Paul Bowles had already established himself as an important composer when at age 39 he published The Sheltering Sky and became recognized as one of the most powerful writers of the postwar period. From his base in…
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