Touching the Void - Couverture souple

Simpson, Joe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330348086 ISBN 13 : 9780330348089

Editeur : Pan Books, 1996

Synopsis

Winner of the Boardman/Tasker Award, this book tells the story of how two friends, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, confront the greatest challenge of their lives. Together on the West Face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes, they leave behind the humdrum of everyday life.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

THE BOOK BEHIND THE AWARD-WINNING FILM

Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck.

A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days he wrestled with guilt as they prepared to return home. Then a cry in the night took them out with torches, where they found Joe, badly injured, crawling through the snowstorm in a delirium.

Far from causing Joe's death, Simon had paradoxically saved his friend's life. What happened, and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship.

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)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330348086
• ISBN 13: 9780330348089
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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