While traveling through North Africa, a traveler named Lydia develops a mysterious mark on her hand that expands into a strange map, after which she disappears, in a profusely illustrated, unusually constructed novel. A first novel. IP.
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At one time, Lydia and Christopher were lovers as well as travel companions; now they are merely fellow travelers. While on a trip to Morocco, Lydia notices a small mark on her hand which begins to grow and spread in thin, tattooed lines that only she can see. Eventually, the marks reveal themselves to be a detailed map of an unknown land, and Lydia begins to understand that these marks, invisible to all but herself and a mysterious Moroccan man named Layesh, will lead her on a strange and perilous journey. The Tattooed Map is Lydia's journal of the days and weeks leading up to her disappearance. Each page contains her daily experiences--her growing shock and fear as the map unfolds itself, her deteriorating relationship with Christopher, her conversations with strangers--as well as the memorabilia she collects along the way: maps and postcards, train tickets and postage stamps, lists of books she's reading and souvenirs she's bought--all pasted in the margins of the journal.
When Lydia disappears midway through the journey, her friend Christopher takes up the journal, using it first as a means of recording his search for her and then, increasingly, as a clue to her fate. A combination travelogue, mystery, and ghost story, The Tattooed Map is a mesmerizing, physically beautiful book. Each page is gloriously decorated with the kinds of fascinating flotsam and jetsam that travelers find cluttering their pockets and notebooks at the end of a trip, making The Tattooed Map a book you'll want to return to again and again. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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The map is now growing visibly, I can see it, and it has crept above the elbow...from" The Tattooed Map"
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and flight numbers, important phone numbers, names and addresses, current costs, hotel room numbers, and restaurant menus. I write down the serial numbers of our traveler's checks and cross off the ones that we've spent, and I make a note of our passport numbers and issue dates in case the passports are lost-I know it's kind of dumb and kind of obsessive-but I value the memories that these trivial details recall. Read the first page
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and flight numbers, important phone numbers, names and addresses, current costs, hotel room numbers, and restaurant menus. I write down the serial numbers of our traveler's checks and cross off the ones that we've spent, and I make a note of our passport numbers and issue dates in case the passports are lost-I know it's kind of dumb and kind of obsessive-but I value the memories that these trivial details recall. Read the first page
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By Boo
Format:Paperback
Barbara Hodgson's first published novel the Tattooed Map is a piece of fiction and non- fiction intertwined into the diary of Canadian born traveler- Lydia's experiences in South Africa. The novel includes social Canadian values, as Lydia talks about "the dampness, darkness, and cold of our world"; Compared to her description of South Africa's values of "lively music, food, smells, and men of their world."
Hodgson's quote "I have been someone chosen, but now I am someone who has made a choice. Secure in my map I leave" is the essence of the novel. This answer Hodgson defines using her own perspective in the novel, but she has posed to her readers something much deeper, invoking interest and captivating.
Hodgson's quote "I have been someone chosen, but now I am someone who has made a choice. Secure in my map I leave" is the essence of the novel. This answer Hodgson defines using her own perspective in the novel, but she has posed to her readers something much deeper, invoking interest and captivating.
By megan
Format:Hardcover
such a pretty book! if you like the gryphon & sabine series for it's art, you'll appreciate this book, too! a must read before you visit morocco, the desciption of scenery and the scrap-book style pictures make the reader want to jump on a plane to northern africa toute suite! the ending of story left me hanging and wishing it would continue, but the excitment of the main part of the tale and the beauty of the book itself makes The Tattooed Map a worthy purchase, especially as a gift for someone who is a gryphon & sabine fan...they'll love it! I do!!
By SophiaV
Format:Hardcover
I loved this book...very strange,creative, exotic and mysterious with beautiful illustrations that give you the feel of Morocco.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Beautifully illustrated but give me more.
Travel to exotic places, always an interesting topic, this book initially read like a travelogue. Lydia, who travels with her one time lover now friend Christopher, has taken on... Read more
Published on Aug 8 2001 by Denise Bentley
4.0 out of 5 stars
A perfect trip
I found this book to be very entertaining. The images helped to set the mood. This is a good summer read by the pool or a mid-winter read to brush off the chill. Read more
Published on Aug 6 2001 by Shikarro L. Sampson Egan
5.0 out of 5 stars
More, more, more!
I loved this book! The combination of travel guide, diary, and mystery novel is amazing! It made me feel like I had taken this trip and now have a scrapbook for a souvenir. Read more
Published on Aug 4 2001 by M. Bachman
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not what i expected
i was very excited to read the book. it was recommended as another author that is similar to nick bantock. Read more
Published on July 2 2001 by jeannie
2.0 out of 5 stars
A good-looking book in search of a plot
With ingenious artwork evoking the color and drama of the Orient, and with moody black and white photography, Barbara Hodgson's book oozes atmosphere and draws the reader into an... Read more
Published on Jun 28 2001 by heather tyler
5.0 out of 5 stars
alienation and seduction and a disturbing ending
The readers who were disappointed in this book because the ending was not definitive (Jeeykim, Ms. Gaucher) clearly missed Ms Hodgson's (no relation) intentions. Read more
Published on May 29 2001 by Lyle Hodgson
1.0 out of 5 stars
what a huge disappointment
I felt as though I had wasted my evening delving into the most uninteresting and superficial 'journal' called the Tattooed Map. Read more
Published on April 9 2001 by "jeeykim"
4.0 out of 5 stars
Imagination
Barbara Hodgson is not Nick Bantock, but the way she weaves her story and his style, makes this book worthy of having on your bookshelf. Read more
Published on Mar 29 2001
4.0 out of 5 stars
the ending could have been better
This was a good book, up until the ending which left me wanting more. It just ends badly because I didn't understand the weird ending. Read more
Published on Dec 13 2000 by Marie-Eve Gaucher
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great atmosphere, ok art, not much plot
They tried to make it look like a real journal by including handwritten calculations and lists but then the rest of it was typed which destroyed the realism of it being a journal. Read more
Published on Oct 31 2000 by Shane Tiernan
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