Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

ISBN-13: 9781035014767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 432 str.

Jon Krakauer

Opis

From the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, Under The Banner of Heaven is a riveting account of Taliban-like theocracies in the American heartland controlled by renegade Mormon prophets.

Recenzje

A provocative look at the twisted roots of American fundamentalism. Will Self Evening Standard Books of the Year

O autorze

Jon Krakauer is a mountaineer and the author of Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, (which was on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year and was made into a film starring Emile Hirsch and Kristen Stewart) Into Thin Air, Iceland, Under the Banner of Heaven and Where Men Win Glory. He is also the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series. He has received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. According to the award citation, "Krakauer combines the tenacity and courage of the finest tradition of investigative journalism with the stylish subtlety and profound insight of the born writer."