Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers

by Nick Danziger

Book Overview

This account describes the author's adventures during an 18-month journey beyond forbidden frontiers in Asia. With minimal equipment and disguised as an itinerant Muslim, he hitch-hiked and walked... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0586087060
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Authentic or not, I liked it.

This was a great read. I have an Iranian friend who expressed serious doubts as to the authenticity of Danziger's one-night stand with his Iranian hostess, as well as his other improbable adventures. But fabrication or not, I liked the book a lot.

An amazing story; best travel book around -- find it!!!

This is THE book to read if you're interested in a non-touristic account of travel in Asia. Danziger travelled from London to Beijing for a total of $1800! His experiences are conveyed with a depth of perception and feeling that make this a truly great read. Out of print??? It's a crime!!!

Undoubtedly, one of the best "travel" books ever written.

It is a true shame that Danziger's Travels is out of print--which it has been for along time because I have been trying to buy it for friends. I read it several years ago and discovered a world that no one will ever travel to again. Nick Danziger was brave and honest and a terrific writer. Vintage Departures should be ashamed.

The best comtemporary travel book I've read

This is by far the best contemporary travel book I've read. Equal to the best of this genre from any period. I can't believe it's out of stock!!! I just loaned it to my best friend and she also thought it was fantastic.

Fascinating, personal, HUMBLE epic, beyond Marlboro Man

I finished it 5 minutes ago. Woweeeeee! Where can I find him? A must-have at the Eternal Dinner, Danziger provides the rarest of glimpses into an exotic, often-romanticised world: the humble. No Marlboro Man here, he faces the paradox of describing a world of extreme personal significance, yet one which our very interest might destroy. Unlike many, Danziger's Travels is not the account of a would-be hero. He climbed the highest passes in the world, dived to avoid rockets in Afghanistan, but that is not reason enough to respect him. The respect comes from his quiet observations, his passion in the face of adversity , and his great love for the people he encountered. Above all, from his ability to keep his account intensely personal, yet without a spotlight. His book fulfills and builds on the purpose of his journey: to show that people are people the world over, to break down prejudice and preconception between cultures, to encourage communication in the face of authoritarian rigidity. It is a book of real substance, of feeling, of soul. Much more than an armchair adventure. Five people are waiting in line for my copy. Need one say more?