Pressestimmen
'Captivating ! an enchantment that holds the reader as engrossed as would an exciting thriller' -- Irish Independent 'A distinctive and highly entertaining account of the tribulations encountered and the beauty along the way' -- Times Educational Supplement 'Her seven-month journey is continuously entertaining, and her fortitude continuously astonishing' -- Sunday Telegraph 'By almost anyone else's standards she had a hell of a time, but she communicates a high enjoyment that will be shared by all her readers' -- Daily Telegraph 'Few people can have had a better chance of understanding Asian people than Dervla Murphy' -- Daily Telegraph 'This book has the charm of spontaneity and the ring of absolute truth' -- Irish Times 'Warmly described, and with a lack of self-regard that immediately endears her to the reader' -- Sunday Times "Warmly entertaining book ... range of engaging traveller's tales" -- Western Daily Press 20040110 'Fascinating, gripping and completely satisfying' -- Liverpool Echo 20040103 '[Dervla Murphy is] always great value ... fascinating account of her trials and tribulations, and also the beauty of her journey' -- Eastern Daily Press 20040124 'For an insight into a unique region, and a unique woman, you couldn't do much better than this.' -- James Herron, Geographical Magazine 20040301 'Dervla Murphy proves herself a true traveller ... who engages sympathy from the start by her qualities of tact, charity and courage' -- The Spectator 20040301
Kurzbeschreibung
New edition of the first, classic Dervla Murphy travel title. It follows her extraordinary journey by bicycle from Dublin to Delhi.