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The Beckoning Silence

4.08 ( 2,369 Ratings by Goodreads)
The Beckoning Silence

The Beckoning Silence

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4.08 (2,369 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 3 January, 2002
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Since his epic battle for survival in the Andes, recounted in the his book, "Touching the Void", Joe Simpson has endured several further brushes with death and has suffered the loss of many climbing friends in accidents which call into question the exhilarating, death-defying activity to which he has devoted his whole life. Never more alive than when most at risk, he has come to see an attempt on the Eiger, with its hooded, mile-high North Face, as the culmination of his climbing career. In a narrative which takes the reader through extreme experiences from an avalanche in South America, ice-climbing in the Alps and Colorado and paragliding in Spain - before his final confrontation with the Eiger and two more deaths - Simpson reveals the inner truth of climbing, exploring both the power of the mind and the frailties of the body.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780224061803
ISBN10 0224061801
Number Of Pages 304
Item Weight 580 g
Product Dimensions 158 x 30 x 234 mm
Publisher / Reseller Jonathan Cape Ltd
Format hardback
Edition First Edition
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Praise for Touching the Void:
Not just a book about mountaineering... It is about the spirit of man and the life force that drives us all. - Magnus Magnusson, presenting the NCR Award
On every level... an outstanding literary achievement. - Jim Perrin, Independent
Simpson writes better on the darker side of mountaineering than any man alive. - The Times
Praise for Touching the Void :
Not just a book about mountaineering... It is about the spirit of man and the life force that drives us all. - Magnus Magnusson, presenting the NCR Award
On every level... an outstanding literary achievement. - Jim Perrin, Independent
Simpson writes better on the darker side of mountaineering than any man alive. - The Times

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Author's Bio

Joe Simpson won the Boardman Tasker Award and the NCR Award for his bestseller Touching the Void, which has been published all over the world. His later books, all bestsellers, include This Game of Ghosts, Dark Shadows Falling, Storms of Silence and a novel, The Water People.

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