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 EAN: 9780224025454 Format: Import ISBN: 0224025457 Label: JONATHAN CAPE Manufacturer: JONATHAN CAPE Number Of Pages: 172 Publication Date: 1988 Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE Studio: JONATHAN CAPE Related Items:
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 Rating:  - GoodJoe has a taut, spare style of writing. Perhaps the only negative one can point to is that he goes a little too much into techno-speak on mountaineering. However, this is forgivable since that was the audience he was writing for. That the book became a general public bestseller was a surprise. In a sense he writes sort of like Mickey Spillane- with spare descriptions, clipped, but not as taut as MS. But, there are some soaring moments of poetry- especially one scene where Joe describes looking out ... Read More Rating: - One of those exceptions where the movie is better than the bookJoe Simpson's disastrous experiences climbing Siula Grande in 1985 make for one of the greatest true adventure stories of the twentieth century. After Joe's accident on the mountain, he and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, nearly achieved an unlikely descent. When Simon is unable to continue Joe's rescue, he does the unthinkable (which Joe does not blame him for), and Joe's hellish troubles begin. Sounds like the outline for an exciting and heart-wrenching adventure, doesn't it? Unfortunately, ... Read More Rating:  - Exciting readAfter watching the movie version of this book I wanted to read Touching the Void. I usually like to read the book first but in this case I am glad that I did it in reverse. I am not a mountain climber and do not know the terms used in the sport. So watching the movie helped set up the book to where it made a lot of sense. The book provided a more realistic vision of what the climbers thought and felt. It put me there with them. I am in awe. Rating:  - SnoreThis is a very boring book. I thought it would be an action packed survival book, but it put me to sleep. Rating: - Outstanding book - you won't be able to put it downTouching the Void is one of the best books I've ever read. Wow. I am still kind of stunned. I started it way too late at night and couldn't put it down. I went to work the next morning with only four hours of sleep. It's not even that the writing's good, per se. It is - it's VERY good. But the story itself and the way he wrote it is just amazing. I've read a lot about the high altitude hallucinations people have (conversations with your feet at 27000 ft or people sitting on your ice ledge ... Read More 
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