Synopsis
A man attempts to explain the disappearance of an Italian explorer in the Arctic in 1981 by reconstructing an Austrian expedition of a century before and, in the process, dispels many cherished notions about heroism
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In 1981 a young Italian becomes obsessed with reports of the 1873 Payer-Weyprecht, Austro-Hungarian expedition to the North Pole, deciding to duplicate the adventure. This novel tells the story of the original expedition and, in a parallel narrative, describes Josef's imaginery journey.
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