Title : The Man of High Solitudes - James Salter - book

Summary :

History textbooks are full of heroic deaths.
This book only lists stupid deaths!

Tired of a mind-numbing job under a blazing sun, Rand leaves the Californian plains for Chamonix. It's the beginning of a bohemian life, punctuated by climbing, his passion. He bonds with Jack, a climber who, like him, seeks to challenge the Alpine peaks. Through increasingly arduous climbs, the two friends aspire to only one thing: to finally conquer the peace of the high solitudes.

James Salter was born in New York in 1925. A fighter pilot, he resigned from the army to successfully devote himself to writing. American Express (Faulkner Prize), A life to burn (PEN-Center USA award) and Perfect happiness are notably available in Points.

" The Man of High Solitudes , one of the best books ever written about the mountains, tells the twilight destiny of these anonymous mountaineers in limpid, refined, almost ascetic prose, where poetry bursts forth every time the sun rises.

The Express

Edition revised and expanded by the authors

• EAN : 9782757845561
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