News from Tartary

Author:   Peter Fleming
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780810160712


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   31 October 1999
Format:   Paperback
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Originally published in 1936, News from Tartary is the story of a journey from Peking through the mysterious province of Sinkiang, to India. Fleming tells the story in his inimitable manner, dismissing the difficulties with irony and describing events and developments with humor and brilliant color, and his account is a classic of travel writing as well as a brilliant description of a vanished time and way of life.

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Author:   Peter Fleming
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
Imprint:   Northwestern University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9780810160712


ISBN 10:   0810160714
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   31 October 1999
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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A simple blending of modesty and wit in disarming proportions...The result is something fresh and delightful in the literature of High Asia. --The New York Times


"""A simple blending of modesty and wit in disarming proportions...The result is something fresh and delightful in the literature of High Asia."" --The New York Times"


Peter Fleming still ranks as my favorite writing traveler, but I must honestly confess that he slips a few cogs with this book, which follows conventional lines more closely (in matters of handling) than one has come to expect of this light-hearted young man. Central Asia is his stamping ground, with Peking as a starting point, with Sinkiang, Kashmir and all sorts of unspellable places en route. There is something of the troubled background of Chinese Turkistan, concretely and indirectly, something of the evasive situation in which neither China nor Russia quite comes to the fore. Rival correspondents, bent on the same game - Peter Fleming and Ella Maillart (remember Turkistan Solo?) are virtually compelled to join forces, and shared the enormous difficulties and inconveniences and dangers (minimized as always by Fleming) of the seven months trek. Humor - originality - spirited story telling characterize this, but there isn't quite the sparkle of the earlier books. (Kirkus Reviews)


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Peter Fleming (1907-1971), the brother of novelist Ian Fleming, wrote for the London Evening Standard, the Spectator, the BBC, and the Times of London. His travels took him to Mexico, Brazil, Russia, China, Japan, Tibet, and Manchuria. He died in a hunting accident in Scotland.

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