The Other Nile: Journeys in Egypt, the Sudan, and Ethiopia

by Charlie Pye-Smith, Eric Parry (Artist)

Book by Pye-Smith, Charlie

Genres: Africa, Travel, Nonfiction, Egypt, Sudan

239 pages, Hardcover

First published September 12, 1986

About the author

Charlie Pye-Smith is a writer and broadcaster who has contributed to the BBC, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph and New Scientist, among others. He has written numerous books, including The Facts of Rural Life, The Other Nile, Travels in Nepal, Rebels and Outcasts, In Search of Wild India and The Subsidy Scandal and he co-authored Working the Land and The Wealth of Communities. He is based in London and reports regularly on global farming and environmental issues for international research and development agencies.

Reviews

[Michael Jennings · Rating 1 out of 5]

Without the photographs it would have been, a very dull book .
Why did the photographer not get a credit.

[Eszter Faatima Sabiq · Rating 5 out of 5]

A truly fascinating travelogue about Egypt, The Sudan and Ethiopia from the end of the 1980's written by an Englishman with the objectivity of an outsider but without the arrogance of the white man. An easy and an entertaining read with precious historical details embedded in personal experience with sympathy and sensitivity. A must read, really.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

The writer recounts his journey from Egypt to Sudan in 1984, and reminisces about an similar trip a decade earlier.

Pie-Smith is my kind of travel writer - slow, humble, sometimes down and out, willing to include the dirty details. He is a man with a lot of heart, and a good sense of proportion.
A charming adventure.