Departures and Arrivals
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Book Overview
'Whatever else we remember of our travels, we remember our departures and arrivals. Often they are the most enduring of all our memories of them.'From one of Britain's best-loved travel writers comes a fascinating collection of incredible highlights from an eventful life.Acutely observant, with an eye for quirky detail and a wit of charming self-deprecation, Eric Newby has delighted readers with his travels, whether to remote locations or his very own back garden. In this captivating collection of 19 tales, Newby invites the reader to join him as he navigates the globe, from the shops and streets of the pram-vantaged Barnes of yesteryear to a mysterious opal-mining town in Australia, and from the faded glamour of the Orient Express to a cycle ride along the Meridian Line, navigating rivers and ill-placed homes.As a forefather of the modern comic travel book, Newby's insatiable curiosity and infectious enthusiasm have garnered him an incredible following over many decades. 'Departures and Arrivals' is a superb showcase of Eric Newby's distinctive storytelling and boundless energy that will delight both existing fans and new admirers. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1585747289
ISBN13:9781585747283
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:Lyons Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"
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Rated 5 starsAn excellent armchair read
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In Departures And Arrivals, British writer Newby and world traveller Eric newby describes his latest travel adventures with a gift for irony and description: here his experiences in Calabria, with canal travels, and in Beijing capture the vivid peoples and personalities he encounters. An excellent armchair read.
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