{"id":11774,"date":"2020-06-12T10:48:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T08:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skandorinasdiary.com\/?p=11774"},"modified":"2020-06-12T10:48:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T08:48:29","slug":"this-book-saved-me-and-it-took-me-to-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skandorinasdiary.com\/en\/this-book-saved-me-and-it-took-me-to-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"This book saved me. And it took me to Yemen."},"content":{"rendered":"

Travellers of my heart,<\/p>\n

During the lockdown period, I read practically nothing. Here: I confess! I already mentioned it in the Pandemiche podcast a few weeks ago (you can listen to it here <\/a>if you missed it, and if you speak Italian). I couldn’t concentrate on pages of other people’s words. <\/span>Has this happened to you too?<\/span><\/p>\n

For the past few weeks, instead, I have slowly started to read again for pleasure. I still struggle a bit with it, but I hope that the situation returns to some normalcy, because every book is basically a small journey in itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For me, the first of these adventures was the work of the Italian travel author, Elena Dak:<\/strong> “Sana’a e la notte” <\/strong>(Unfortunately, the book is only available in Italian.).<\/p>\n

In a way, this book saved me a little: it took me far, indeed far, to Yemen. <\/p>\n

So I decided to talk about it in an article for Latitudes Life.<\/strong> You can find it here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.latitudeslife.com\/2020\/06\/sanaa-e-la-notte-essere-una-donna-in-yemen\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

Close your eyes and follow Elena up to one of the white roofs of Sana’a. From up there embrace the most beautiful and famous city in Yemen.<\/p>\n

(And if you decide to buy the book, please purchase it from your local bookstore).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Travellers of my heart, During the lockdown period, I read practically nothing. Here: I confess! I already mentioned it in the Pandemiche podcast a few weeks ago (you can listen to it here if you missed it, and if you speak Italian). I couldn’t concentrate on pages of other people’s words. Has this happened to you too? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\nThis book saved me. And it took me to Yemen. - Skandorina's Travels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I reviewed Elena Dak's book "Sana'a e la notte" for Latitudes Life. This book saved me, in a way. It made me start reading again. 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