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Sto caricando le informazioni... Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asiadi Wilfred Thesiger
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Thesiger is een van mijn favoriete schrijvers. Zijn 2 reisverhalen over Saoedi Arabië "Arabian sands *****" en Irak "The Marsh Arabs *****" vind ik 2 van de beste reisverhalen die ik ooit heb gelezen (en ik heb er nogal wat gelezen!). Ook zijn autobiografie "The life of my choice ****" is zeer onderhoudend. IK was dus bij voorbaat enthousiast toen ik dit boek meenam uit de bibliotheek. Dat viel tegen! "Among the mountains" is een kort en saai verslag van enige tochten in de bergen van Kurdistan, Afghanistan en Pakistan. Het enige positieve aan het boekje zijn een aantal mooie foto's. Begrijpelijk dat een uitgeverij staat te springen om een nieuw werk van een beroemd schrijver, maar dit is een blamage. Uitgelezen: dinsdag 30 januari 2001 "Each of Thesiger's mountain journeys has a unique quality, which inspired many of the finest photographs Thesiger had ever taken. These images of startling beauty, combined with Thesiger's vivid prose- based on his original unpublished diaries- documented brilliantly the hardships, dangers and rewards of thirty years of mountain travel." nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Wilfred Thesiger, this century's greatest living explorer, recalls his travels among the mountain ranges of Asia. Although Wilfred Thesiger is still largely associated with the Arabian deserts and the Marshes of Iraq, he has also travelled extensively at intervals, over the years, among mountains and mountain people in other remote areas of the Middle East and Asia. In 1987 Thesiger wrote: 'I have always been attracted by mountains...' And he observed more recently: 'Had I done nothing else as a traveller except my journeys in Nuristan, these alone would have amounted to something worthwhile'. Eventful, interesting and remarkable achievements in their own right, the Asian journeys - among the Hindu Kush, the Karakorams and the Pamirs - have inspired many of the finest photographs Thesiger has ever taken and contribute significantly to his standing as a great traveller and explorer. Spanning a period of over 30 years (1951-1983) this book draws on Thesiger's original diaries of his various journeys and his vivid memories of them, and includes some 80 or so previously unpublished photographs of the stunning mountain scenery he saw and the people he encountered. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I would almost go so far as to say that he is amongst the last of a dying - or dead - breed, the genuine explorer.
While this book did not have the emotional connect that some of his other books had - it is more of a travelogue - it does give an excellent idea of what the life is about in these remote areas.
The photography is outstanding, especially the photography of the people. He has photographed them with sensitivity, and has depicted them with real respect. This is enough reason to read this book. ( )