Desert Flower

沙漠之花: 世界名模华利斯·迪里自传

基本信息

Author：Waris Dirie

Format：Paperback | 256 pages

Dimensions： 132 x 197 x 18mm | 215g

Publication date：08 Jan 2001

Publisher：Little, Brown Book Group

Imprint：Virago Press Ltd

Language：English

ISBN10：1860497586

ISBN13：9781860497582

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

Waris Dirie(名字的意思是沙漠之花)过着双重生活——白天她是著名的模特和联合国非洲妇女权利发言人，晚上她梦想着她的祖国索马里。Waris出生在东非一个传统的沙漠游牧家庭，家里有12个孩子。在她的记忆中，她的童年是无忧无虑的——骑着骆驼奔跑，和家人一起前往下一个牧场，直到轮到她去见一位老妇人。这位老妇人管理着古代强加给大多数索马里女孩的习俗:割礼。Waris五岁时就遭受了这种折磨。12岁时，当她的父亲试图让她与一个60岁的陌生人结婚，以交换五头骆驼时，她逃跑了。在经历了一次非同寻常的穿越危险沙漠的逃亡之后，她来到了伦敦，并在索马里大使家做了一名女佣，直到那个家庭返回。身无分文，也不会说英语，她成了麦当劳的看门人，在那里，她被一位时尚摄影师发现。她的故事是一个十分鼓舞人心的非凡自画像，她的精神就像她的美丽一样令人惊叹。

Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and moving on with her family to the next grazing spot - until it came her turn to meet the old woman who administered the ancient custom imposed on most Somalian girls: circumcision. Waris suffered this torture when she was just five years old. Then, aged 12, when her father attempted to arrange a marriage with a 60 year old stranger in exchange for five camels - she took flight. After an extraordinary escape through the dangerous desert she made her way to London and worked as a maid for the Somalian ambassador until that family returned home. Penniless and speaking little English, she became a janitor in McDonalds where she was famously discovered by a fashion photographer. Her story is a truly inspirational and extraordinary self-portrait of a remarkable woman whose spirit is as breathtaking as her beauty.

作者简介

Waris Dirie是国际知名的模特，露华浓护肤品的代言人。1997年，她被联合国任命为妇女权利特别大使，以消除切割女性生殖器的做法。

Waris Dirie is an internationally renowned model and a face of Revlon skincare products. She was appointed by the United Nations in 1997 as a special ambassador for women's rights to eliminate the practice of female genital mutilation.