Winner of the Thomas Cook travel book award. The internationally acclaimed account of Robyn Davidson's epic journey across seventeen thousand miles of Australian desert and bush with four camels and a dog.
One of the great travel books, whether or not you care about the Australian outback.
A young woman's solo camel-trek across the Australian desert forms the backbone of this non-fiction tale, but the narrator comes off as such an unpleasant, self-deluding person that it's not as enjoyable a read as it could have been.
The book kept my interest, but she didn't conclude on a couple of points during the story.
Robyn Davidson decides that she is going to make a trip across the Outback with camels, in spite of the fact that she knows nothing about camel trekking.
I found the author irritating in her bad choices, whining and selfishness. Long descriptions of her depression (over her bouts of stupidity) added only to make one glad of reaching the final page.
Her knowledge of camels comes from training by 2 different social misfits. If you do not like reading about animals being abused, I would suggest passing this one by.
I found the author irritating in her bad choices, whining and selfishness. Long descriptions of her depression (over her bouts of stupidity) added only to make one glad of reaching the final page.
Her knowledge of camels comes from training by 2 different social misfits. If you do not like reading about animals being abused, I would suggest passing this one by.
