Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster [Lingua Inglese]

Krakauer, Jon

ISBN 10: 0739343793 ISBN 13: 9780739343791

Casa editrice: Random House, 2007

Riassunto

A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for Into Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster.

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Recensione:

"Into Thin Air ranks among the great adventure books of all time . . . a book of rare eloquence and power that could remain relevant for centuries."
--Galen Rowell, The Wall Street Journal
From the Hardcover edition.

L'autore:

Jon Krakauer is the author of Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, Where Men Win Glory, Three Cups of Deceit, and Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, among others. He is also the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Random House
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0739343793
• ISBN 13: 9780739343791
• Rilegatura: Audio CD