The Ascent Of Rum Doodle - Brossura

Bowman, W E

Brossura

ISBN 10: 071266808X ISBN 13: 9780712668088

Casa editrice: Pimlico, 2001

Riassunto

First published in 1956, The Ascent of Rum Doodle quickly became established as a mountaineering classic. As an outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, many thought it inspired by the 1953 conquest of Everest. But Bowman had drawn on the flavour and tone of earlier adventures, of Bill Tilman and his 1937 account of the Nandi Devi expedition. The book's central and unforgettable character, Binder, is one of the finest creations in comic literature.

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Recensione:

"Wonderful. Rum Doodle does for mountaineering what Three Men in a Boat did for Thames-going or Catch-22 did for the Second World War. It is simply an account of the leader of an expedition up Rum Doodle, a 40,000 and a half foot peak in the Himalayas, in the same way that Scoop is simply a tale about newsgathering in Africa. The tone is nearer to Pooter than anyone else I can think of, but the flavour is all W.E. Bowman's own." (Sunday Times)

"I just love this book. Everything about it is nearly perfect... hugely enjoyable and brilliantly sustained." (From the introduction by Bill Bryson)

"Exceedingly funny... as if the hero of Diary of a Nobody had, in a mood of abandon, turned to mountaineering." (Dublin Magazine)

"it is an epic. It is Homeric. It is inspiring. It is very, very funny... Read it and be moved." (Books of the Month)

Descrizione del libro:

A new edition of W.E. Bowman's hilarious spoof, with a new introduction by Bill Bryson.

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• Editore: Pimlico
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 071266808X
• ISBN 13: 9780712668088
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192