The Worst Journey In The World [Lingua Inglese]: Ranked number 1 in National Geographic’s 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time - Brossura

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley

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ISBN 10: 0099530376 ISBN 13: 9780099530374

Casa editrice: Vintage Classics, 2010

Riassunto

The Worst Journey in the World is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. One of the youngest members of Scott's team, Apsley Cherry-Garrard was later part of the rescue party that found the frozen bodies of Scott and the three men who had accompanied him on the final push to the Pole. Despite the horrors that Scott and his men eventually faced, Cherry-Garrard's account is filled with details of scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment, supported by diary excerpts and accounts from other explorers. A masterpiece of travel writing, The Worst Journey in the World is the most celebrated and compelling of all the books on Antarctic exploration.

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Recensione:

"'The Worst Journey in the World is to travel what War and Peace is to the novel... a masterpiece'" (New York Review of Books)

"The best polar book there is" (Observer)

"Probably the best adventure yarn ever published" (Independent)

"Remains the masterpiece of heroic travel" (The Times)

"The finest book ever written about Antarctic exploration as well as a great literary classic" (Peter Matthiessen)

Descrizione del libro:

'When people ask me... "What is your favourite travel book?" I nearly always name this book. It is about courage, misery, starvation, heroism, exploration, discovery and friendship' Paul Theroux

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• Editore: Vintage Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0099530376
• ISBN 13: 9780099530374
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 720