George Newby war ein englischer Autor von Reiseliteratur, bekannt für seinen abenteuerlichen Geist und seine tiefe Faszination für die Erkundung der Welt. Seine Schriften befassen sich oft mit Themen wie Flucht, dem Streben nach Freiheit und der rohen Schönheit entlegener Länder. Er verwandelte seine Erfahrungen auf Weltumsegelungen in fesselnde Erzählungen, die den Leser an Bord von Segelschiffen und in exotische Gefilde entführen. Newbys Stil ist direkt und lebendig, voller scharfer Beobachtungen aus dem täglichen Leben auf See und an Land.
Eric Newby beschreibt in "A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush" seine abenteuerliche Reise nach Afghanistan, wo er die Schönheit und Herausforderungen der Region erlebt. Der Autor, der zuvor in der britischen Modeindustrie arbeitete, liefert humorvolle Einblicke und lebendige Porträts seiner Begleiter. Das Buch verbindet historische Perspektiven mit persönlichen Erlebnissen und ist ein Meisterwerk der Reiseliteratur.
Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', `Love and War in the Apennines' is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II.
A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush.
A collection of writing from Britain's best-loved travel writer, `A Merry Dance around the World' is the culmination of a lifetime of adventure.
Whatever else he was doing, Eric Newby has always travelled on a grand scale, whether under his own steam or as Travel Editor of the "Observer". In all of his adventures his camera has never been far from his side, and the 250 photographs reproduced in this volume represent some of his finest work
This outstanding collection of pieces, illustrated with his own superb photographs, is a unique record of Newby's travels all over the globe - and a lasting tribute to lost and fading worlds. One of the funniest and most entertaining of all travel writers, Eric Newby has been wandering the by-ways of the world for over half a century. Admired for his exceptional powers of observation, Newby's genius is also to capture the unexpected, the curious and the absurd on camera. Since his very first journey in 1938, Newby's quest for the unknown and the unusual has been insatiable. Whether on a dangerous canoe trip down the Wakwayowkastic River, with the pastoral people in the mountainous north of Spain, or visiting the exotic archipelago of Fiji, nothing escapes his eye for unlikely or amusing detail. A rare combination of travel writing and photography, What the Traveller Saw is an exhilarating record of Newby's humourous adventures over the years.
Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of the modern comic travel book. However, less known are his adventures during the years he spent as an apprentice and commercial buyer in the improbable trade of women's fashion.
Slowly Down the Ganges' is seen as a vintage Newby masterpiece, alongside A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' and `Love and War in the Apennines'. Told with Newby's self-deprecating humour and wry attention to detail, this is a classic of the genre and a window into an enchanting piece of history.