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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140095721
ISBN-139780140095722
eBay Product ID (ePID)1468917
Product Key Features
Book TitleSlowly Down the Ganges
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1986
TopicAsia / India & South Asia
GenreTravel
AuthorEric Newby
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length5 in
Item Width7 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal915.4/1/044
SynopsisTravelling in a variety of boats, most of them unsuitable, Eric Newby becomes intimately acquainted with the shifting moods and colorful history of the river, and brilliantly captures the sheer enchantment of travel in India., On his forty-fourth birthday Eric Newby, a self-confessed river lover, sets out on a 1200-mile journey down the Ganges River from Hardwar to the Bay of Bengal, accompanied by his wife Wanda. Things do not start smoothly as they run aground 63 times in the first six days, but gradually India's holiest river, The Pure, The Eternal, The Creator of Happiness, lives up to its many names and captures them in its spell. Traveling in a variety of boats, most of them unsuitable, as well as by bus and bullock cart, the Newbys become intimately acquainted with the river's shifting moods and colorful history. "Slowly Down the Ganges" brims over with engaging characters and entertaining anecdotes, recounted in Newby's inimitable style. Best of all, he brilliantly captures the sights and sounds, the frustrations and rewards, the sheer enchantment of travel in India.
