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See more ideas about travel, books and travel literature. He makes light of the incompetence and ignorance of both himself and his companion in the realm of climbing and exploring. Yet what they achieve is nothing short of remarkable, given their level of ignorance. Oct 28, 2012 a short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby 1958. Jul 01, 2008 i am an unabashed partisan of a short walk in the hindu kush. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. A short walk in the hindu kush by newby, first edition. Our objective was the unclimbed north face, although if conditions prevented this we planned to climb the east ridge, the same route eric newby attempted in the summer of 1956. Eric newbys story is a kind of cross between the toughitout, wilfred thesigertype journal that pits a westerner against a nearly impossible environment here. Newby and carless so apt again, but i want the book in a kindle or ebook version, its best to travel light and unencumbered. Introduction by evelyn waugh, epilogue by hugh carless.
The hindu kush region, and its inhabitants, are so different from the experience and knowledge of most readers, and provides a testing background for the main characters. While the inclement weather and the flu season played havoc with the number of participants, a small but hearty group participated in the discussion of the 1958 travel story, a. A short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby the anmore ladies book club gentlemen welcome was hosted by andrew robertson of thomson road on monday, october 22nd. A short walk in the hindu kush has been listed as one of the language and literature good articles under the good article criteria. A short walk in the hindu kush and 1 related entities. Eric newbys account of his trip to the hindu kush is a book both daunting and delightful. Newby, bored with his life working in fashion in london, impulsively decided to get away asking his friend. The author excels at the dispiriting snapshot, capturing, say, the afghan backwater of fariman in two crisp sentences. This excerpt comes from chapter, coming round the mountain, and describes part of newbys travels with fellow englishman hugh carless. Read a short walk in the hindu kush online by eric newby books.
A short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby, 1961, arrow books edition, a short walk in the hindu kush 1961 edition open library. A short walk in the hindu kush is a 1958 book by the english travel writer eric newby. A classic of travel writing, a short walk in the hindu kush is eric newbys iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. A short walk in the hindu kush established him as a traveler who not only journeyed fruitfully but had the ability to bring his readers with him william trevor, guardian i still think the last few sentences of a short walk in the hindu kush the funniest ending to any book i have read geoffrey moorhouse, the times. Eric newbys a short walk in the hindu kush 1958 ends with an account. It is an autobiographical account of his adventures in the hindu kush.
But a short walk in the hindu kush includes wonderfully oblique portraits of the authors travel companion, hugh carless, and his wife, wanda who plays a starring role in such subsequent chronicles as slowly down the ganges. Feb 25, 2016 a short walk in the hindu kush 2nd second edition text only pdf full ebook. It has been described as a comic masterpiece, intensely english, and understated. There are also dozens of brilliant cameo parts, and an indelible record of a stunning landscape. Its essentially about carless and newby deciding to travel from london to afghanistan to climb some big old mountains.
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