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Life at Full Tilt - The Selected Writings of Dervla Murphy
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Life at Full Tilt - The Selected Writings of Dervla Murphy
Series: Eland original
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Loot Price R560
Discovery Miles 5 600
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Life at Full Tilt is a whirlwind tour of Dervla Murphy s travels.
It begins in Spain in 1956, before her first book, and follows in
her tracks for over fifty years, including descriptions of her
beloved Afghanistan in 1963, of the Peruvian Andes, of South, West
and East Africa and most recently of the troubled territories of
Palestine and Israel. Dervla s style of travel, to go somewhere
that interested her and see who she met, made for fresh encounters
every day, recorded faithfully each evening in her journal. She
read hungrily to prepare for her journeys and folded her learning
seamlessly into her books. Finally, between these covers, we are
able to catch up with her work in its entirety. What shines through
is her passionate engagement with the world and its injustices, and
her utter independence of mind. Ethel Crowley, an Irish
sociologist, has for the first time looked at all Dervla s writing
her journalism and her twenty-four books selecting half-a-dozen
extracts from each. She introduces us to a complex character, hard
to pin down, but a role model for women and environmentalists,
Irish to her fingertips and a crucial part of the larger English
tradition of travel writing. With a preface by Colin Thubron
General
Imprint: |
Eland Publishing Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Eland original |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Dervla Murphy
• Ethel Crowley
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78060-211-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-78060-211-1 |
Barcode: |
9781780602110 |
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