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26%OFFDervla Murphy - The Waiting Land: A Spell in Nepal - 9781906011659 - 9781906011659
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The Waiting Land: A Spell in Nepal

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Description for The Waiting Land: A Spell in Nepal Paperback. Describes the author's various journeys by air, by bicycle and on foot into the remote and mountainous Lantang region on the border of Tibet. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302.
In "The Waiting Land" (first published in 1967) Dervla Murphy affectionately portrays the people of Nepal's different tribes, the customs of an ancient, complex civilization and the country's natural grandeur and beauty. This is the third of Dervla Murphy's early travel books: an exploration of Nepal by a feisty, generous-hearted young Irish woman. Yet it can also be seen as the completion of a trilogy of books concerned with her experience of self- sufficient mountain cultures, first tasted in crossing Persia and Afghanistan in "Full Tilt", and deepened with her experience of working with Tibetan refugees in the frontiers of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906011659
SKU
9781906011659
Shipping Time
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About Dervla Murphy
Dervla Murphy was born (and still lives) in Lismore, County Waterford in 1931. Full Tilt, her first book, describes her exuberant bicycle ride from Lismore to India, through Iran and Afghanistan. It has been followed by some twenty further titles, including an acclaimed memoir, Wheels within Wheels. Her most recent book is The Island That Dared, a series of journeys ... Read more

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