A literature itinerary: Pirate Sandokan’s Malaysia
There is a tourist itinerary, especially beloved by Italians, that winds its way through faraway Malaysia. This island-nation in the Indian Ocean, between Thailand and Australia, was chosen as the setting for a novel that became hugely popular between the 19th and 20th centuries, “Sandokan: The Tiger of Mompracem”, by the Veronese writer Emilio Salgari. […]
