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- Book Title
- Walking the Woods and the Water : In Patrick Leigh Fermor's Footsteps from the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn
- Publication Name
- Walking the Woods and the Water
- Title
- Walking the Woods and the Water
- Subtitle
- In Patrick Leigh Fermor's Footsteps from the Hook of Holland to t
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1857886437
- EAN
- 9781857886436
- ISBN
- 9781857886436
- Publisher
- Brealey Publishing, Nicholas
- Genre
- Travel
- Topic
- Special Interest / Literary, Essays & Travelogues, Special Interest / Hikes & Walks
- Release Date
- 15/09/2016
- Release Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 7.9in
- Item Width
- 5.1in
- Item Weight
- 8.3 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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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, A Time of Gifts , Between the Woods and the Water , and the posthumous The Broken Road are a half-remembered, half-reimagined journey through cultures now extinct, landscapes irrevocably altered by the traumas of the twentieth century. Aged eighteen, Nick Hunt read A Time of Gifts and dreamed of following in Fermor's footsteps. In 2011 he began his own great trudge - on foot all the way to Istanbul. He walked across Europe through eight countries, following two major rivers and crossing three mountain ranges. Using Fermor's books as his only travel guide, he trekked some 2,500 miles through Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. His aim? To have an old-fashioned adventure. 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, adventure, the mysterious, the unknown, the deeper currents of myth and story that still flow beneath Europe's surface.
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Publisher
Brealey Publishing, Nicholas
ISBN-10
1857886437
ISBN-13
9781857886436
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234935079
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Book Title
Walking the Woods and the Water : In Patrick Leigh Fermor's Footsteps from the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Special Interest / Literary, Essays & Travelogues, Special Interest / Hikes & Walks
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Travel
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
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Nick Hunt has written a glorious book, rich with insight and wit, about walking his way both across and into contemporary Europe. He set out as an homage to Patrick Leigh Fermor's legendary tramp across Europe in the early 1930s, but his journey became - of course - an epic adventure in its own right. A book about gifts, modernity, endurance and landscape, it represents a fine addition to the literature of the leg. - Robert Macfarlane, author of The Wild Places and The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot With Walking the Woods and the Water, Mr. Hunt has created an illuminating addition to what the travel writer Robert Macfarlane calls 'the literature of the leg'. The shepherds and the fishermen are long gone, but Mr. Hunt controls his nostalgia and avoids mimicking Leigh Fermor's flamboyant style. Still, his inspiration rubs off, like the skin on Mr. Hunt's feet. - Wall Street Journal This moving and profoundly honest book sometimes brings a sense of unlimited freedom, sometimes joy, sometimes an extraordinary, dream-like dislocation: always accompanied by a dazzling sharpness of hearing and vision. I see now how that youthful walk informed so much of Paddy's style. Before setting out Hunt was going to write to Paddy. The letter was never written, and by the time he set off, Paddy was dead. How touched and fascinated he would have been to read this book. - Artemis Cooper, author of Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure and co-editor The Broken Road Vivid and hard-won. - Conde Nast Traveller In his 2,500-mile journey, which took him through eight countries, he nearly froze to death and he had had innumerable encounters with the kindness of strangers. Hunt's narrative mixes description elegantly with reportage. - New Statesman An effective, no, beautiful accompaniment to Fermor's own books. - Booklist, ****Starred review Hunt went in search of a good old-fashioned adventure and his vivid off-the-beaten-track encounters are coupled with personal anecdotes and an indomitable spirit. - Geographical With Walking the Woods and the Water, Hunt succeeds in honoring his predecessor. With elegant language, he describes the landscape, the people and culture, and his own perspective, offering an exquisite picture of his walk. Travelers and hikers will feel the itch to move when reading his gorgeous prose. - Foreword Reviews
Dewey Decimal
914.045612
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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