Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival - Couverture souple

Simpson, Joe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060730552 ISBN 13 : 9780060730550

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2004

Synopsis

Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he would have been pulled to his own death.The next three days were an impossibly grueling ordeal for both men. Yates, certain that Simpson was dead, returned to base camp consumed with grief and guilt over abandoning him. Miraculously, Simpson had survived the fall, but crippled, starving, and severely frostbitten was trapped in a deep crevasse. Summoning vast reserves of physical and spiritual strength, Simpson crawled over the cliffs and canyons of the Andes, reaching base camp hours before Yates had planned to leave.How both men overcame the torments of those harrowing days is an epic tale of fear, suffering, and survival, and a poignant testament to unshakable courage and friendship.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"A brilliant, vivid, gripping, heart-stopping account of their terrifying adventure... Superbly written" (Sunday Express)

"On every level it is an outstanding literary achievement" (Independent)

"A quite extraordinary and moving book... Touching the Void touches the Great Questions in an understated yet utterly compelling way" (Guardian)

"A truly astonishing account of suffering and fortitude...the narrative acquires an irresistible force, carrying all before it" (Sunday Times)

"One of the great stories of survival eloquently described" (Philip French Observer)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Joe Simpson is the author of several bestselling books, of which the first, Touching the Void, won both the NCR Award and the Boardman Tasker Award. His later books are This Game of Ghosts, Storms of Silence, Dark Shadows Falling, The Beckoning Silence and a novel, The Water People.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060730552
• ISBN 13: 9780060730550
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224