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| Original Title: | Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors |
| ISBN: | 038000321X (ISBN13: 9780380003211) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Chile Argentina Andes Mountains |
Piers Paul Read
Paperback | Pages: 318 pages Rating: 4.11 | 62349 Users | 1257 Reviews
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On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive. For ten excruciating weeks they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, they were forced to do what would have once been unthinkable... This is their story—one of the most astonishing true adventures of the twentieth century.
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| Title | : | Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors |
| Author | : | Piers Paul Read |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 318 pages |
| Published | : | December 3rd 1975 by Avon (first published 1974) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Adventure. History. Survival. Biography. Travel. Autobiography. Memoir |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 62349 Users | 1257 ReviewsDiscuss Epithetical Books Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Is a magnificent book, for a hard story, the story of rugby team from Uruguay, after your plane crashed on the Andes mountains in October of 1972. The story of the hope and fight for your lives. Masterfully written for Piers Paul Read, about the journey of survivors for save yourselves. They had to survive the elements, hunger, despair.The story of the determination of survivors to the accident for to be survivors. One of the best books I have ever read. Definitely I recommend this book.I had to sneak this from the school library as a young teen and read it since my parents wouldn't allow me to watch the film- until they caught me with this (good) book and finally relented...the film was actually MORE disturbing than the book, IMO. (Also, as a side note-- I forgot that it stars Ethan Hawke!)--Jen from Quebec :0)
Haunting, haunting book. I read this too long ago to give a proper review but the account itself has stayed with me for years. Amazing story of survival against incredible odds. Not for the faint hearted but truly gripping.CONTENT WARNING: Some strong language and traumatic events. (And by that I mean, plane crash, avalanche, death and cannibalism)
Famous story of the Uruguayan rugby team that survived ten weeks in the Andes, largely because they ate the dead passengers.This is not a subtle book, nor does it bother with nuance. It's a fast, vivid, and compelling read. It shows its age mostly in its sexism. Women are nurturing and irrational and must be humored and coddled; men are brave and active, and when they're irrational, they know better; probably it's part of this same gender definition that Read always refers to the survivors as
Update 2/11/2020: Sergio Catalán died today. He was the Chilean muleteer who rode his horse for 120 km to assist Fernando Parrado and Roberto Canessa after they walked 10 days through the mountains seeking for help. For us Uruguayans he will always be a national hero. RIP."The simplest person can be the most extraordinary if he does the right things for the right reasons." Gustavo Servino, survivor or the Andes plane crash.------------Actualización: 11/2/2020: Hoy falleció Sergio Catalán. Él fue
I read this when it first came out in PB, so many years ago, mid-70's. I'd give it 5 stars because I still remember it so clearly, but I never wanted to re-read it. It was well done, but pretty gruesome. Stranded for 10 weeks with not much else to eat but dead passengers (some of them team mates) injured, & cold. They tried a number of things, but finally 2 of them managed to walk out & get help. It's one of the most incredible stories of survival I've ever read.I wondered what happened
Not gonna lie--I read this book because I wanted to read about how they ate the people. That is what hooked everyone to this story, isn't it? I saw the movie to see how they ate the people. It's what everyone remembers and why we remember the Donner party all these years later. Dude, they ATE THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!In the book, they had already eaten the first people by about page 70; the book is hundreds of pages longer. Huh, I thought. What are they going to talk about for the rest of the book?What
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