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Item Details
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TOUCHING THE VOID
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| By: |
Joe Simpson |
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Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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£8.02 |
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£2.97 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0099771012 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780099771012 |
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Currently 68 available |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1998 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
An account of the ascent of the 21,000ft Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had achieved the summit before the first disaster struck. What happened and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted is the subject of this book. |
| Synopsis: |
The book behind the BAFTA award-winning film. Winner of the NCR Award for non-fiction and the Boardman Tasker award. Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1995. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frost-bitten, with news that that Joe was dead. What happened to Joe, and how the pair dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted when Simon was forced into the appalling decision to cut the rope, makes not only an epic of survival but a compelling testament of friendship. |
| Key Stage: |
UK School Key Stage 4 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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Book Level : 6.3
Interest Level : Upper Yrs
Points : 12
Quiz number : 229113
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