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The author recounts his journeys around the world as a soldier, sailor, salesman, and editor, and describes the most memorable of his acquaintances and experiences
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'Eric Newby writes as lightly as he travels. “A Traveller's Life” is a tonic and a pleasure' William Trevor, Guardian
'The thing that sets Eric Newby quite apart from other literate travellers is his gusto. Where others flutter on impressionistic wings, tread self-consciously across unpeopled wastes, or muse lyrically and sometimes disproportionately about the past, Newby barges into everything with relish and mockery in the very opposite of the grand manner. . . . Everything Eric Newby has written is a joy. This compendium is a treat' Geoffrey Moorhouse, The Times
'The highly engaging peripatetics of a man who was born with a natural hunger for lonely and exacting places, a wry but charitable outlook on his scurrying fellows, and a silver pen in his hand' Observer
'This is a collection of jewelled vignettes: part travel, part life. A feast. . . . One of the few great travel writers who makes you want to follow in his footsteps. . . . As he travels on, Newby never loses this childhood freshness of vision, his essential innocence as a traveller. Perhaps this is his greatest gift' Times Literary Supplement
'Whatever his quest may be, he allows us to accompany him vicariously on it ... and his book is a delight to read' Auberon Waugh
'Appealing autobiography by ex-travel editor who can find adventure in a pram trip or a London sewer' Sunday Telegraph
'A Traveller's Life offers a high-spirited collection of memories, packed with good things, of a man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush' Observer
'In order to belong to the inner circle of free-range travelers you have to be willing to choose the hard and hazardous bits - and this is where Eric Newby is so outstandingly good' Punch
'Eric Newby's admirers will not be disappointed' Listener
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‘Eric Newby writes as lightly as he travels. A Traveller’s Life is a tonic and a pleasure’ Guardian
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- PublisherLittle Brown & Co
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0316604216
- ISBN 13 9780316604215
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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