Au Maroc

"Au Maroc" (1890; "In Morocco") is a travel memoir by Pierre Loti about a month-long journey by horseback in Morocco through Tangier, Fez and Mekinez. The initial trip from Tangier to Fez was in the company of a French embassy, after which Loti continued on by himself dressed in native clothing. "Au Maroc" was Loti's first pure travel literature.

The book has been influential. Matisse, before coming to Morocco, studied the country by reading Loti's book. [ [http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/travellit/azentriesm3.html Literature of Travel and Exploration.] "Morocco".] Edith Wharton’s "In Morocco" (1920) found its "strongest influence" in Loti's account. [ [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_literary_scholarship/v2001/2001.1nettels.pdf Wharton and Cather] .]

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* [http://www.archive.org/details/moroccom00lotirich "Morocco"] . Translated by William Peter Baines. Philadelphia, D. McKay. 1914?. From Internet Archive.Commentary
* [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199204/the.orient.of.pierre.loti.htm "The Orient of Pierre Loti"] , by Arthur Clark, July/August 1992 print edition of "Saudi Aramco World". Background on the author and the book.