Through Siberia by Accident by Dervla Murphy

Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. This book is an extraordinary story of fortitude and resourcefulness as Murphy finds friendship and culture in one of the world' s bleakest, most inhospitable regions. While still thousands of miles from her original destination, Ussuriland in the Russian Far East, Dervla Murphy found herself stymied by multiple minor injuries. 'Through Siberia by Accident' is an account of a journey that didn' t happen-and what happened instead. Through Siberia by Accident is a voyage of Siberian self-discovery. This book is an extraordinary story of fortitude and resourcefulness as Dervla Murphy finds friendship and culture in a seemingly monotonous, bleak and inhospitable place far from what we know as 'civilised'. Above all she was struck by the extraordinary hospitality, generosity and helpfulness of the Siberians who made this strange phenomenon - a maimed Irish babushka - so welcome in their towns and homes.

Although hardly able to walk, her subsequent experiences, in an unexpected place, and in an incapacitated state, provided many pleasant surprises. But by accident, or rather because she had an accident - a painful leg injury -, she found herself stymied in Eastern Siberia, a place she knew very little about. Instead she had planned to go to Ussuriland, because it appealed to her as a place free from tourism. Dervla Murphy never had any intention of spending three months in the vast territories of Siberia. Through Siberia by Accident is a book about a journey that didn't happen - and what happened instead.

Through Siberia by Accident by Dervla Murphy