Danziger's Adventures: From Miami to Kabul [Paperback]

Nick Danziger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1993

From Miami to Kabul In his remarkable first book, Danziger's Travels, Nick Danziger journeyed incognito through Iran, Afghanistan and China. Now we learn what Danziger did next: more extraordinary episodes as he swings from rags to riches and back again in some of the most outlandish places on earth. Vivid encounters with the designer yuppies of New York and California are followed by a photographic commission which brings him face to face with a horrific massacre of Kurdish refugees in Turkey - and a narrow escape from death. Returning to Kabul after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, he finds the city under rocket attack by his old friends the mujahedeen, and sees for himself the pointless destruction and terror of the forgotten civil war. He attends the Ayatollah Khomeini's funeral in Tehran, amidst scenes of mass hysteria: goes in search of the Tuareg in Libya; and mingles with would-be 'wetback' immigrants from Tijuana - some of whom literally dig their way into the United States. Finally, he returns once more to Afghanistan - and to the abandoned children in Marastoon mental asylum, Kabul, whom he helps to find a new home. This books is available as a print-on-demand product only.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'An astonishing record of a man who is rarely at rest... Danziger seeks out death and danger the way other young men seek out sex.' Frank MCLynn, The Spectator

Product Details

• Paperback: 338 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0586090819
• ISBN-13: 978-0586090817
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,789,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A deeper travel book..., February 7, 2000

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martin dart (Oxfrod, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Danziger's Adventures: From Miami to Kabul (Paperback)

Nick Danziger here goes deeper than his previous outing in 'Danziger's Travels'. Again he travels to disparate corners of the globe, but here he focuses more on the people he meets there, and on the wider significance of their lives. The book has some great photos by the author, and ultimately asks the reader to reflect on their place in the global scheme of things. Certainly as a Western reader familiar with some of the places in Britain and abroad he writes about, it is often an uncomfortably truthful read.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Unmoving, April 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Danziger's Adventures: From Miami to Kabul (Paperback)

A sequel to Nick Danziger's original story of travels through Afghanistan and other foreign lands, the book was unmoving. This work seems to be an attempt to capitalize on the limited success of his previous work but fails to capture the excitement or imagination of a true journey.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointing, June 13, 2000

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A. Ross (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Danziger's Adventures: From Miami to Kabul (Paperback)

This is a somewhat disappointing follow up to "Danzinger's Travels" which utterly lacks the cohesiveness and compelling tale of that earlier book. There are interesting tidbits here and there as the author skips back and forth from Afghanistan to the luxury lecture circuit, with occasional forays into Tijuana and New York life, but for the most part I was left unmoved. There are some horrifying first-person accounts of the tragedy in Afghanistan, and an interesting chapter about Ayatollah Khomeni's funeral, but one's time is better spent skipping most of these musings.