Where the Indus is Young

{{short description |Travel book by Dervla Murphy}}

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Where the Indus Is Young is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy.{{cite news |work=The Times |title=Nightmare trip : Where the Indus is Young |first=Jan |last=Morris |author-link=Jan Morris |date=24 March 1977 |page=14}}

{{cite news |work=The Globe and Mail |title=Mum and daughter a derring-do duo |first=Margaret |last=Mironowicz |date=30 April 1986}} It was first published by John Murray in 1977.{{cite book |url=http://search.bl.uk/BLBNB:LSCOP-BNB:BLL01008765976 |title=Where the Indus is young: a winter in Baltistan |via=British Library |access-date=9 June 2022 |publisher=John Murray |year=1977 |isbn=071953335X}} The book is usually given the subtitle A winter in Baltistan, but has been called Midwinter in Baltistan.{{cite book |url=http://search.bl.uk/BLBNB:LSCOP-BNB:BLL01007045236 |title=Where the Indus is young: a Midwinter in Baltistan |via=British Library |access-date=9 June 2022 |publisher=John Murray |year=2003 |isbn=0719565154}}

Summary

Where the Indus Is Young is the second book in which Murphy describes a journey with her then six-year-old daughter Rachel. The pair trek through the Karakorum Mountains, close to Pakistan's disputed border with Kashmir, in the cold heart of winter. They follow the gorge formed by the Indus River, and lodge with locals.{{cite web |url=https://www.travelbooks.co.uk/shop-online-books/where-the-indus-is-young |title=Where the Indus is Young - Dervla Murphy |website=Eland Books |access-date=9 June 2022}}

In her review Nightmare Trip, Jan Morris described it as "The most appallingly fascinating travel book that I have ever read."

Publication history

The book was first published in 1977. Like Murphy's other earlier works, it was published by Jock Murray of the John Murray publishing house. When Jock died and his publishing house was sold, Murphy moved to Eland Books,{{cite web |url=https://www.bradtguides.com/remembering-dervla-murphy/ |title=Remembering Dervla Murphy |first=Hilary |last=Bradt |author-link=Hilary Bradt |website=Bradt Guides |date=30 May 2022 |access-date=9 June 2022}} who republished the book in 2011.{{cite book |url=http://search.bl.uk/BLBNB:LSCOP-BNB:BLL01015837783 |title=Where the Indus is young: a winter in Baltistan |via=British Library |access-date=9 June 2022 |isbn=9781906011666 |publisher=Eland Books |year=2011}}

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