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Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow

by Maria Coffey (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $18.91
Synopsis

Drawing on interviews with many leading mountaineers or their survivors, Coffey goes beyond the typical climbing book to question the reasons why climbers risk their lives. The result is a powerful, affecting book that strips the romance from adventure and returns it to the human realm: the parents, spouses, children, and partners of climbers who until now have maintained their code of silence. Interviewees include Jim Wickwire, Conrad Anker, Joe Simpson, Chris Bonington, Ed Viesturs and others.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Griffin,U.S.
Published: 26 Aug 2005
ISBN 10: 0312339011
ISBN 13: 9780312339012

Media Reviews
Winner of the 2003 John Whyte Award for Mountain Literature and the 2004 National Outdoor Book Award
Coffey begins where Jon Krakauer left off. His characters strive, suffer and vanish 'into thin air.' This compelling book offers voices from the other side of the mountaineering story - those left behind.
- Los Angeles Times
.. .an important book...Coffey is an accomplished author with the specific expertise to make this book the great read that it is.
- Gripped Magazine
This book is a page-turner: Coffey's writing style is direct and ferociously honest, while her use of emotionally gripping anecdotes infuses an engaging, novelistic feel...A gripping must-read.
- American Alpine Journal

Coffey begins where Jon Krakauer left off. His characters strive, suffer and vanish 'into thin air.' This compelling book offers voices from the other side of the mountaineering story - those left behind. Los Angeles Times

...an important book...Coffey is an accomplished author with the specific expertise to make this book the great read that it is. Gripped Magazine

This book is a page-turner: Coffey's writing style is direct and ferociously honest, while her use of emotionally gripping anecdotes infuses an engaging, novelistic feel...A gripping must-read. American Alpine Journal


Coffey begins where Jon Krakauer left off. His characters strive, suffer and vanish 'into thin air.' This compelling book offers voices from the other side of the mountaineering story - those left behind. --Los Angeles Times

.. .an important book...Coffey is an accomplished author with the specific expertise to make this book the great read that it is. --Gripped Magazine

This book is a page-turner: Coffey's writing style is direct and ferociously honest, while her use of emotionally gripping anecdotes infuses an engaging, novelistic feel...A gripping must-read. --American Alpine Journal

Author Bio

Maria Coffey is the author and co-author of ten books, including Fragile Edge, an account of her relationship with the mountaineer Joe Tasker and his death on Everest. She lives with her husband Dag Goering on Vancouver Island, Canada.