In 1930, Agatha Christie, the already quite well-known 40-year-old writer on a trip to the Middle East, she met 26-year-old archaeologist, Max Mallow. Joint visit to the excavations led to the marriage, the writer meant to change the lifestyle. Until the outbreak of World War II had the opportunity to accompany her husband repeatedly in subsequent expeditions. The result of these expeditions is "Tell us how to live there" - humor pervaded the relationship with the Middle East.
A to these trips different from the humor could not be approached. Indeed they meant constant discomfort, homes in poor sanitary conditions, diseases and Uzer with employees.
"Max is suffering from fleas, even more than I do. One day at the seams of his trousers and find a ruthless murder 107 fleas. (...) It seems that the only relief I fall fleas, those who could not get to Max. My fleas are second class, inferior, incapable of jumping high! "
Lady Agatha in the relationship is all but sounds like an adventure, and endless a string of sketches.
even cultural differences are not its terrible. Instead of worrying whether enough was politically correct, the writer decides they just obśmiać.
"Kurdish re-emerges from his hut, and invents a husband (...). Kurd, a big, handsome man sighed sadly. Who wants to be married Kurdyjki?
There is a saying that if you rob the Arab desert, beat you, but leave alive. But when you rob a Kurd, would kill for the pleasure you can keep zabijania.Być henpecked at home, stimulates the wilderness outside the home. "
The above quotations are a small sample of its capabilities, most of the stories is simply too long to cite.
invite you to the expedition to another world, in addition to such an extraordinary guide. Perfect reading of the blues:).
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