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Award-winning, Independent Bookshop in South Dublin

The Company of Books is an award-winning, independent bookshop in Ranelagh, Dublin 6. We stock an extensive range of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books which are available in the shop and on our site. 

Where the Indus is Young

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ISBN: 9781906011666
Author: Dervla Murphy
Format: Paperback

One winter, Dervla Murphy, the four-footed Hallam (the mule) and her six-year-old daughter Rachel explored ‘Little Tibet’ high up in the Karakoram Mountains in the frozen heart of the Western Himalayas – on the Pakistan side of the disputed border with Kashmir. For three months they travelled along the perilous Indus Gorge and into nearby valleys. Even when beset by crumbling tracks over bottomless chasms, an assault by a lascivious dashniri, the unnerving melancholy of the Balts – the heroic highland farmers who inhabit the area – and Rachel’s continual probing questions, this formidable traveller retained her enthusiasm for her surroundings and her sense of humour.

First published in 1977, “Where the Indus is Young” is pure Murphy. ‘The grandeur, weirdness, variety and ferocity of this region cannot be exaggerated,’ she writes of the sub-zero temperatures, harsh winds and whipping sands that they faced. However much the region may have changed due to current day political situations her descriptions of the mountain splendour and cultures she explores are appropriately timeless.

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About The Company Of Books

The Company of Books opened at 96 Ranelagh Village in November 2009 and has been gathering good reviews and loyal customers since.  Country Finalist for Independent Bookshop of the Year 2021 (Booksellers Association) and Dublin Winner of An Post Bookshop of the Year.

We have an eclectic mix of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books offering something for everyone. Spot a review of a book you’d like to read? Contact us and if we don’t have it, we’ll order it for you.

We also sell book vouchers and a range of beautiful cards and stationery.

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