This article explores the various forms of radical otherness in the Écrits sur le sable by Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904), which bear witness to a strong propensity to go to extremes. Narratives about traveling in the Sahara are examined in turn from geographical (the desert as an extreme space), cultural (wandering, nomadism, and sedentariness), religious (Islam and Sufism), sexual (feminine/masculine) and social (predilection for the margins) perspectives.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques