Said's story or the treasure in the desert

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Said's story or the treasure in the desert is a children's book by Sigrid Heuck published in 1987 . It tells the adventurous story of a boy who is looking for treasure while traveling through many African countries and has many adventures in the process. The frame and internal narrative make the story all the more exciting. The book presents Islam and African countries and their cultures in a child-friendly way. In 1988 Heuck received the Fantastic Prize from the city of Wetzlar for the story.

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Framework story

Abouli, a 12-year-old Tuareg boy, is in a caravan with his father. The storyteller tells Suleiman Said's story.

Said's story

As an orphan, Said is found by a fairy and passed on to Samaki and Kita, with whom he grows up. As a boy he goes with Mamadou on a merchant ship and learns about a treasure in the desert, a black mirror, which he is looking for from now on. He has to fulfill five tasks. This is followed by a journey through Bamako , Fez , Marrakech , Casablanca , Alexandria , Cairo , Suez , Mokka and Sanaa . He experiences many adventures in the process. He then arrives at Marib , from where he flies to Timbuktu on a carpet and then finally arrives at Agadez .

Important figures

  • a caravan, with the members Abouli, Achmed, Kahlid, Abdullah, Takajedu ("the vulture"), Suleiman
  • Abu el-Rih, a bird
  • Mamadou, friend who dies on the merchant ship
  • Abu el-Faraj
  • Day care center, Said's foster mother
  • Samaki, married to Kita
  • Chaymae El Abdoui a friend

Reviews

"[The] storyteller [...] lets him [(the main character, the boy Abouli)] experience how a new story develops, which elements are necessary, where the narrator gets them from, how he deals with it In fact, the history of Said is interwoven with the history of the small caravan, especially with the figure of the young Abouli. "- Elisabeth Simon-Pätzold

"A fairytale adventure that vividly describes the Arab countries and their culture. An award-winning novel."

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filming

The book was filmed in 1991 as Said's story (The Golden Wish). Director: Karin Brandauer , a feature film or 6 TV episodes, screenplay by Ingmar Gregorzewski , with the participation of Beate Langmaack ; CINEMA 88 / FRICKE-FILM / ALMARO FILM , coproduction with Antenne 2 , France.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  5. http://www.stadt-ruesselsheim.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Ruesselsheim/Stadt_Menu/Stadtleben/Stadtbuecherei/02_PDFs/SBLeseliste_6-7.pdf
  6. http://www.buch.ch/shop/home/artikeldetails/saids_geschichte/sigrid_heuck/ISBN3-86615-439-9/ID14451721.html
  7. http://www.br-online.de/jugend/izi/deutsch/publikation/televizion/4_1991_1/schaechter.pdf
  8. http://www.cinema88.de/projekte/
  9. http://www.kirmer.homepage.t-online.de/drehbuecher.html