Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

For July & August our nonfiction read is A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby. Be ready to venture outdoors away from Europe during this memoir with Newby.

From GR: When Eric Newby, fashion industry worker and inexperienced hill walker, decided after 10 years in haute couture he needed a change he took 4 days training in Wales then walked the Hindu Kush. This is his account of an entertaining time in the hills!

Downloaded from one of my libraries Overdrive/Libby. Sounds like something I will like.

Blueberry wrote: "Downloaded from one of my libraries Overdrive/Libby. Sounds like something I will like."

I hope you find it very interesting Blueberry!

I’m joining for this one too. I have a paperback but have just borrowed the audiobook too in an attempt to keep up with all the great group reads that keep coming :)

I read this quite a while ago and have gone on to read other books by Newby. His books are entertaining and informative-in that order.

The Laurel-and-Hardy-go-to-the-Himalayas feeling put me off in the beginning, but by the end I was reading this book with relish. I had some problems with the characters’ imperialist entitlement that I talk about in my review, though I recognize I’m probably being a little unfair in that regard. Sections of this book reminded me of ‘The Green Hills of Africa’ in how its descriptions of unspoiled landscapes inspired me.

I finished this a few days ago and although it’s very ‘of it’s time’ I found it very funny and amazing how with a couple of days practice in Wales they achieved what they did. I did like the humour and laughed out loud at the perfume/coloured water incident towards the start. I listened to the audiobook and I think the narrator was very good at making these incidents funny, or maybe I just still have a childish sense of humour. The insight into this area that has been closed off to most travellers due to the many conflicts was enlightening and the descriptions of the amazing landscapes were very vivid. I enjoyed this one.

I enjoyed the relationship between Hugh and Eric. I was in awe of their drive to keep going when there feet and hands were so torn up.

If you like Newby's works, which I do, I recommend Round Ireland in Low Gear. His wife deserves a medal for endurance!

New month. Anyone else planning to jump into reading this memoir or is in the process of reading it?