A short walk in the hindu kush was eric newbys second book. A short walk in the hindu kush eric newby download bok. Jan 14, 2012 a short walk in the hindu kush, by eric newby i know, i just know that im going to upset legions of eric newby enthusiasts with my thoughts about this book, but i was appalled by it, and i am astonished that harper press are so crass as to reissue it. Pining for adventure, newby sent his friend hugh carless the nowfamous cable can you travel nuristan june. Some of the maps in this title are best viewed on a tablet device. A short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby waterstones. There is the notion of innocents abroad right throughout the book. A short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby alibris. A short walk in the hindu kush is a book of four parts, and the understated title refers only to the last one. A short walk in the hindu kush foliosocietybookss blog. A short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby librarything. A short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby leaves.
A short walk in the hindu kush is a 1958 book by the english travel writer eric newby. Whilst a prisonerofwar eric newby was smitten with the ambition to explore and in his latest book a short walk in the hindu kush he tells the exciting and hihgly entertaining story of his journey with hugh carless of the british foreign service into the mysterious region of nuristan in northeast afghanistan. 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 beautifu. A short walk in the hindu kush, by eric newby anz litlovers. Eric newby, one of the worlds bestloved travel writers and former observer travel editor, died on 20 october, aged 86.
Dec 21, 2010 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. With humour, newby describes an illthoughtout attempt to scale one of afghanistans most challenging peaks. It is an autobiographical account of his adventures in the hindu kush, around the nuristan mountains of afghanistan, ostensibly to make the first mountaineering ascent of mir samir. Click to read more about a short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby. A short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby goodreads. Eric newby is one of the best travel writers britain has ever produced. Introduction by evelyn waugh, epilogue by hugh carless. Nobody was better qualified to produce his own obituary than the travel writer eric newby, author of the classic a short walk in the hindu kush, who has died aged 86. I am an unabashed partisan of a short walk in the hindu kush. I have decided to overlook the more blatant eurocentric passages, and to view this book as a product of. A short walk in the hindu kush the 20 best travel books of. A short walk in the hindu kush by newby, eric hardback book the cheap fast free. Dec 07, 2016 a short walk in the hindu kush is a book of four parts, and the understated title refers only to the last one.
It is an autobiographical account of his adventures in the hindu kush. Yet what they achieve is nothing short of remarkable, given their level of ignorance. Sep 22, 2011 there is the notion of innocents abroad right throughout the book. A short walk in the hindu kush is a frank and funny account of eric newbys exploration of the hindu kush, a remote mountainous area in afghanistan, where they presumably with only four days mountaineering experience in wales made the first ascent of the 20,000 foot peak of mir samir. It was 1956, and eric newby was earning an improbable living in the chaotic family business of london haute couture. If eric newby wasnt dead, i would write to him and tell him how underwhelmed i was with his book.
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 by eric newby abebooks. Newby was born in barnes and grew up near hammersmith bridge, london. Newbys life in the london fashion industry and his crash course in rock climbing in snowdonia, where he and carless were taught the rudiments of rope work by a pair of adventurous barmaids. George eric newby cbe mc 6 december 1919 20 october 2006 was an english travel author. When eric newby, improbably earning his living in the london hautecouture trade, sent his fateful cable can you travel nuristan june. Eric newby author of a short walk in the hindu kush. Oct 22, 2006 nobody was better qualified to produce his own obituary than the travel writer eric newby, author of the classic a short walk in the hindu kush, who has died aged 86. Oct 28, 2012 a short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby 1958. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Review of eric newbys a short walk in the hindu kush.
A short walk in the hindu kush 9780007367757 by newby, eric and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Eric newby s story is a kind of cross between the toughitout, wilfred thesigertype journal that pits a westerner against a nearly impossible environment here. Jan 01, 2011 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. Here we reprint a passage from his classic book a short walk in the hindu kush. 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. Critics have found it comic, intensely english, and understated. This belies his real life which ill expand in the next section the author. A short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby nook book. He makes light of the incompetence and ignorance of both himself and his companion in the realm of climbing and exploring. A short walk in the hindu kush eric newby download.
There is humour aplenty, but its of the self depreciating wry school. A classic of travel writing, a short walk in the hindu kush is eric newby s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. A short walk in the hindu kush, by eric newby i know, i just know that im going to upset legions of eric newby enthusiasts with my thoughts about this book, but i was appalled by it, and i am astonished that harper press are so crass as to reissue it. A short walk in the hindu kush by eric newby paperback. I have also read and can recommend eric newbys love and war in the. A short walk in the hindu kush audiobook by eric newby. Newbys best known works include a short walk in the hindu kush, the last grain race, and round ireland in low gear. Ill defy anyone to read this book and not find it both enchanting and hugely funny. Eric newbys account of his trip to the hindu kush is a book both daunting and delightful.
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