A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is a 1958 book by the English travel writer Eric Newby. It is an autobiographical account of his adventures in the Hindu Kush, around the Nuristan mountains of Afghanistan, ostensibly to make the first mountaineering ascent of Mir Samir. Critics have found it comic, intensely English, and understated. It has sold over 500,000 copies in paperback. The action in the book moves from Newby's life in the fashion business in London to Afghanistan. On the way Newby descri
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Book by Eric Newby
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2010-01-30T09:35:39Z
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2024-08-28T08:47:25Z
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