Solo Faces

ISBN-13: 9780865473218 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 224 str.

James Salter

Opis

This novel exposes the obsession that draws climbers away from civilization to test themselves against the most intimidating and inaccessible mountains in the world. James Salter captures the adventure of Gary, a roofer of churches, who feels restrained by conventions and flat ground. Unable to find happiness in his life, he travels to southern France to climb to the summits of the Alps. He finds peace and happiness within himself soon after. But when fellow climbers are trapped on the mountain, he makes a daring one-man rescue during a storm that brings him the notice he has always shunned. But the glory quickly dissapates and he returns to the anonymity he prefers, having thoroughly satisfied himself.

O autorze

James Salter, 1925 in New Jersey geboren, wurde 1945 Pilot bei der Air Force. Nach dem Abschied vom Militärdienst erschien 1957 sein erster Roman. Seitdem lebte er als freier Schriftsteller in New York, auf Long Island und in Aspen. James Salter verstarb im Juni 2015, nur wenige Tage nach seinem 90. Geburtstag.