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Chargement... Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle (1965)par Dervla Murphy
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. One of the best first sentences ever: "On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as presents and a few days later I decided to cycle to India." ( ) Dervla Murphy is beyond an amazing woman. Nothing stops her. She can move herself and her bike through rocks, snow, ice and wolves (animal and human) no matter what. It would be very interesting to visit the countries of her journey today, they sound beautiful and are now off limits to Americans. She became part of the cultures in each country with her curiosity and determination. I was very inspired and I am clear I like to travel in a different style! This wasn't quite what I expected. This is basically a compilation of Murphy's letters she sent home from her travels, so there wasn't much back story into her personal life and her motivations to do such a daring feat for a woman of this time period. I loved the descriptions of each place she visited, but it kept me wanting more than it was offering. I have to abandon it for now for greener pastures. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Full Tilt is the inspiring true story of Dervla Murphy's 1963 journey from Ireland to India on an Armstrong Cadet bicycle and the trials, landscapes and cultures she encountered along the way. The route takes her through the valleys and snowy mountain passes of Europe and India to the scorching deserts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the metal of her bicycle, Rozinante (named after Don Quixote's steed), becomes too hot to touch. She travels alone, without luxuries, sleeping on the floors of teahouses or on blankets outdoors, vulnerable to wild animals, insects and thieves. However, she is often met with generosity and kindness, and shares many meaningful encounters with the locals. Her portrayal here gives a fascinating insight into the unique communities of the Middle East in the early 1960s. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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