{"product_id":"2026200007739-secondhand-a-reed-shaken-by-the-wind","title":"A Reed Shaken By The Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of travel writing and social observation, A Reed Shaken by the Wind chronicles Gavin Maxwell's extraordinary journey through the vast marshlands of southern Iraq in the company of the renowned explorer and writer Wilfred Thesiger. Maxwell presents a vivid and deeply human portrait of the Marsh Arabs — the Ma'dan — a people whose ancient, water-bound civilization had remained largely unchanged for thousands of years. With lyrical precision, he details their daily rituals, reed-island villages, and intricate social customs, painting a world that felt both timeless and achingly fragile. The tone is one of reverent wonder tempered by sharp-eyed realism, as Maxwell never romanticizes the hardships and complexities of marsh life. A prescient document of a vanishing culture, the narrative stands as an invaluable record of a way of life that would later be devastatingly dismantled.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48839340327131,"sku":"2026200007739-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c79c03df-02a9-4f91-81a0-1fb94d9eaa1f.png?v=1780560844","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007739-secondhand-a-reed-shaken-by-the-wind","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}