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Walking the Woods and the Water
In Patrick Leigh Fermor's Footsteps from the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn
Taschenbuch von Nick Hunt
Sprache: Englisch

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'An old-fashioned adventure' Wall Street Journal

FINALIST FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK AWARD

In 1933, the eighteen year old Patrick Leigh Fermor set out in a pair of hobnailed boots to chance and charm his way across Europe, 'like a tramp, a pilgrim or a wandering scholar'. The books he later wrote about this walk are journeys through cultures now extinct, landscapes irrevocably altered by the twentieth century.

As a young man, Nick Hunt read A Time of Gifts and dreamed of following in Fermor's footsteps. Using Paddy's books as his only travel guide, he began his own 'great trudge' - on foot all the way to Istanbul, trekking some 2,500 miles across Europe through eight countries, following two major rivers and crossing three mountain ranges.

His aim? To slow down and linger in a world where we pass by so much, so fast. To discover for himself what remained of hospitality, kindness to strangers, freedom, wildness, the mysterious, the deeper currents of myth and story that still flow beneath Europe's surface.

'A moving and profoundly honest book. How touched and fascinated [Fermor] would have been to read it' Artemis Cooper

'Vivid and hard-won' Giles Foden

'An old-fashioned adventure' Wall Street Journal

FINALIST FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK AWARD

In 1933, the eighteen year old Patrick Leigh Fermor set out in a pair of hobnailed boots to chance and charm his way across Europe, 'like a tramp, a pilgrim or a wandering scholar'. The books he later wrote about this walk are journeys through cultures now extinct, landscapes irrevocably altered by the twentieth century.

As a young man, Nick Hunt read A Time of Gifts and dreamed of following in Fermor's footsteps. Using Paddy's books as his only travel guide, he began his own 'great trudge' - on foot all the way to Istanbul, trekking some 2,500 miles across Europe through eight countries, following two major rivers and crossing three mountain ranges.

His aim? To slow down and linger in a world where we pass by so much, so fast. To discover for himself what remained of hospitality, kindness to strangers, freedom, wildness, the mysterious, the deeper currents of myth and story that still flow beneath Europe's surface.

'A moving and profoundly honest book. How touched and fascinated [Fermor] would have been to read it' Artemis Cooper

'Vivid and hard-won' Giles Foden

Über den Autor
Nick Hunt has walked and written across much of Europe. His articles have appeared in the Economist, the Guardian and other publications, and he also works as a storyteller and co-editor for the Dark Mountain Project. His first book Walking the Woods and the Water (Nicholas Brealey, 2014) was a finalist for the Stanford Dolman Travel book of the Year. He currently lives in Bristol.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Reiseberichte
Region: Europa
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781857886436
ISBN-10: 1857886437
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hunt, Nick
Hersteller: John Murray Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 128 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Nick Hunt
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2016
Gewicht: 0,239 kg
Artikel-ID: 103997121
Über den Autor
Nick Hunt has walked and written across much of Europe. His articles have appeared in the Economist, the Guardian and other publications, and he also works as a storyteller and co-editor for the Dark Mountain Project. His first book Walking the Woods and the Water (Nicholas Brealey, 2014) was a finalist for the Stanford Dolman Travel book of the Year. He currently lives in Bristol.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Reiseberichte
Region: Europa
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781857886436
ISBN-10: 1857886437
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hunt, Nick
Hersteller: John Murray Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 128 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Nick Hunt
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2016
Gewicht: 0,239 kg
Artikel-ID: 103997121
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