Touching the Void: The Harrowing First Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival

Simpson, Joe

ISBN 10: 0060160276 / ISBN 13: 9780060160272

Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1988

About this Item

First U.S. edition, stated; first printing, full number line. The author's unlikely escape from the bottom of a crevasse was the subject of a 2003 documentary film. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends lightly bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $17.95); some edgewear; Brodart protected.

Seller Inventory # 012305

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Touching the Void: The Harrowing First Person Account of One Man's Miraculous Survival
• Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060160276
• ISBN 13: 9780060160272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mountaineering

About this title

Synopsis

The author relates his nearly fatal adventures mountaineering in the Andes, adventures that included a fall into a crevice, broken limbs, and return to safety

Review

"A brilliant, vivid, gripping, heart-stopping account of their terrifying adventure... Superbly written" (Sunday Express)

"One of the absolute classics of mountaineering...a document of psychological, even philosophical witness of the rarest compulsion'" (George Steiner Sunday Times)

"On every level it is an outstanding literary achievement" (Independent)

"A quite extraordinary and moving book...Touching the Void touches the Great Questions in an understated yet utterly compelling way" (Guardian)

"A truly astonishing account of suffering and fortitude...the narrative acquires an irresistible force, carrying all before it" (Sunday Times)