The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge - Couverture souple

Punke, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1250101190 ISBN 13 : 9781250101198

Editeur : Picador USA, 2015

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

First published in 2002, this book of THE Revenant has gained popularity again because of the recently released movie by the same name. I am glad that its release gave me the chance to read this great adventure story that I missed the first time around. Attacked by a grizzly, soon after left to die as his fellow trappers flee an attack by natives, forced to crawl and scoot along to escape capture, Hugh Glass' epic story of survival led him through the winter of 1823-1824 across much of the Great Plains. He forced himself on across two-hundred miles of frozen frontier to the nearest fort. There, he recovered enough to continue his pursuit of the two men who had abandoned him and who had stole his knife and his rifle. Michael Punke's The Revenant dramatizes true events. They lend themselves to a vivid storyline. This reissue, after the novel's first release in 2002, anticipates this autumn's film adaptation now being shot in Alberta, starring Leonardo Di Caprio, directed by Alejandro Inarritu. Punke, a Wyoming-raised and Montana-based lawyer when he wrote this, is now an ambassador to the World Trade Organization. Having written two non-fiction histories of the West, his forte lies with narrative. He adapts the historical record of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, as he notes in an afterword, to highlight the plot potential in trapper-tracker Glass' tale. The opening scenes as Glass fends off the bear lend themselves to vivid imagery. Slashed across his back, his leg and arm battered, his throat punctured, Glass' scalp is nearly torn away. "The skin was so loose that it was almost like placing a fallen hat on a bald man." --By Mon2 on 1 April 2016

It is a great revenge story. The book may not seem amazing after you see the movie. So I recommend you to read the book first before watching the movie. --By Revanth on 14 March 2016

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The book that inspired the movie The novel that inspired Alejandro Gonzalez I epic new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. Blood lost. Life found. Hugh Glass isn't afraid to die. He's done it once already. Rocky Mountains, 1823 When expert tracker Glass is viciously mauled by a bear, death seems inevitable. The two men ordered to remain with him until he dies flee, stripping him of his rifle and hatchet and leaving him to die alone. But soon a grim, horribly scarred figure is seen wandering, asking after two men, one with a gun that seems too good for him the revenant is a remarkable tale of obsession and the lengths that one man will go to for retribution.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Picador USA
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1250101190
• ISBN 13: 9781250101198
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272