Venture To The Interior
Sir Laurens Van Der Post author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:6th Jun '02
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
An account of a journey on foot across the mountains to the two lost worlds of Central Africa.
Summoned to Whitehall in 1949, Laurens van der Post was told that in old British Central Africa there were two large tracts of country that London didn't really know anything about, and could he go in there on foot and take a look, please?Summoned to Whitehall in 1949, Laurens van der Post was told that in old British Central Africa there were two large tracts of country that London didn't really know anything about, and could he go in there on foot and take a look, please? Venture to the Interior is the account of that journey, a journey filled with adventure and discovery, flying from London across Europe and Africa, and after days in small aircraft, on foot across the mountains to the two lost worlds of central Africa.
An outstanding book... I rank Laurens van der Post with the best writers of English... This book confirms my constant admiration and the nobility of his mind -- Raymond Mortimer * Sunday Times *
I hope all those who are appalled by the destruction of Hiroshima will read this book-for a greater understanding of what man is capable of doing to his fellows in time of war * Daily Telegraph *
No one can write more feelingly of Africa-an experience not to be missed * Evening Standard *
One of the noblest books of travel written in our time, and one destined, I imagine, to have a permanent place in English literature -- Howard Spring
Inspired... Some of the poetic descriptions of the scenery are most beautiful and fill me with envy. The book is magnificent -- Stephen Spender
ISBN: 9780099428732
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm
Weight: 181g
256 pages