Godforsaken Sea
«A gripping and poetic evocation of the terrible and seductive power of the sea»
Independent on Sunday
an extraordinarily well-told story a humbling, exhausting, necessary book" Paul Watkins, The Times. This is an enthralling account of the 1996/7 Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race. It is a story of heroism, adventure and tragic loss of life on the high seas - a book that should be bought by all those who enjoyed A PERFECT STORM or INTO THIN AIR. Les mer
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an extraordinarily well-told story a humbling, exhausting, necessary book" Paul Watkins, The Times. This is an enthralling account of the 1996/7 Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race. It is a story of heroism, adventure and tragic loss of life on the high seas - a book that should be bought by all those who enjoyed A PERFECT STORM or INTO THIN AIR.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Yellow Jersey Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780224059718
- Utgivelsesår
- 2000
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«A gripping and poetic evocation of the terrible and seductive power of the sea»
Independent on Sunday
«One of the best books ever written about sailing»
Time
«Eloquent... Lundy explores how and why humans feel drawn to the extreme risks and almost inevitable disasters that single-handedly sailing the Southern Ocean entails... A stirring narrative»
New York Times
«Contains all the tension of a thriller»
Independent
«[An] excellent book»
Matt Dickinson, The Times