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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Picador Books) [Paperback]

Eric Newby (Author)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (4 Dec 1981)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0330266233
ISBN-13: 978-0330266239
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 117,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Asia > Pakistan
- #7 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Asia > Afghanistan
- #33 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Asia > Central Asia

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'The master storyteller. He transformed travel writing' Independent

'One of the most enjoyable reads of the last century' Herald Tribune

'The most successful travel writer of his generation. It's impossible to read this book without laughing aloud' Observer

'Endlessly entertaining and self-deprecating' Daily Mail

'Full of serendipity and surprise' The Economist

'A total success' New Yorker

'Notable addition to the literature of unorthodox travel … tough, extrovert, humorous and immensely literate' Times Literary Supplement

'”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

'The book that made [Newby's] reputation … typically ironic in its understatement' Observer

'Newby is easily the best of the bunch' Sunday Times

'All the lyricism, and spirit of adventure and discovery [in] Newby's work' The Times

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5.0 out of 5 stars Newby's best travel book, 23 Oct 2000

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This review is from: A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Audio Cassette)

It has to be said that "Short Walk..." is the best of Newby's travel books. I certainly think it should go down as a classic. Newby's books always have a very readable and charming style. You can't help but enjoy his books, especially this one.

"Short Walk..." is enjoyable because it's very down-to-earth. They go and climb this mountain in the middle of nowhere just because it's there. They don't do it for fame or fortune, the two of them just simply have a yearning for adventure. This whole amateurishness of the escapade makes it a delight to read... I loved it and would highly recommend it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A very English Adventure, 17 Oct 2008

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This review is from: A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (50th anniversary edition) (Paperback)

A very readable account of two amateur mountaineers (their training comprised of a weekend of instruction in Snowdonia) as they set of to conquer the lofty peaks of Mir Samir in the Hindu Kush.

At time the trials and tribulations endured by Eric Newby and his climbing partner Hugh Carless on their journey read like a Noel Coward farce - Wilfred Thesiger they are not ! A very English sense of humour shines through the principal characters' often strained relationship.

A shame there aren't more photographs to accompany the text (the result of a bungled river crossing) but the 50th anniversary edition features an epilogue written by Hugh Carless.

An enjoyable read.

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for those with any interest in the outdoors, 22 Nov 2000

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This book describes an incredible story about a climbing trip to the remote Hindu Kush. Their preparation for the climb consisted of a weekend under the instruction of a pub waitress in North Wales. Along the way (driving by clapped out car from London to Afghanistan) they have numerous adventures including being arrested for running over and killing a nomadic herdsman. They had actually stopped to help him!

Most people will go through life never experiencing an adventure of this magnitude but for Eric Newby this is just one of several. Newby's other books include "Love and War in the Appennines" and "The Last Grain Race" both of which I thought were excellent.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Marvellously light touch
A Short Walk is a wonderfully written story, told so lightly and with so much joy of life and wry English humour that you hardly realize a tale is being spun. Read more

Published 8 months ago by Engineer

5.0 out of 5 stars Eccentric and has made me a Newby convert!
I love travel writing and am SOOO pleased I've now discovered Newby. In the 1940s having been in the army and finding himself working in Haute Couture, Eric was persuaded to trek... Read more

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Post-war, and after ten years being stifled in ladies fashion, Eric Newby breaks out and, with a young friend in the Diplomatic service, heads off to explore the Hindu Kush and to... Read more

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This is the book I would take to a desert island, because it makes me laugh so much, and reminds me of that Britishness which is almost gone but was still there in my childhood... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars AUTHOR ERIC NEWBY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN
Eric Newby's tongue-in-cheek wit, penetrating eye for detail, lyrical descriptions of natural wonders in a place rarely frequented by westerners, particularly in the 1950s, and... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tales from a bygone era.
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Published 15 months ago by A. S. Edwards

4.0 out of 5 stars A different world
A most enjoyable book, full of incidents that are a fascinating view of a world that has probably now disappeared.
I will certainly be reading more of hos books.

Published 20 months ago by Bridgette A. Evans

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This Book arrived safely at the address I sent it to, and was received with much pleasureboth as to contents and size and clarity of print. (I haven't seen it Myself.

Published 22 months ago by Miriam E. Kratz

5.0 out of 5 stars A short walk in the Hindu Kush
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