Alive
On October 12, 1972, an Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying a team of rugby players crashed in the remote snowy peaks of the Andes. Ten weeks later, only sixteen of the forty-five passengers were found alive. This is the story of those ten weeks spent in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without...
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On October 12, 1972, an Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying a team of rugby players crashed in the remote snowy peaks of the Andes. Ten weeks later, only sixteen of the forty-five passengers were found alive. This is the story of those ten weeks spent in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without food and with scarcely any hope of a rescue. The survivors protected and helped one another, and came to the difficult conclusion that to live meant doing the unimaginable. Confronting nature at its most furious, two brave young men risked their lives to hike through the mountains looking for help -- and ultimately found it.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060778668 (0060778660)
Publish date: July 5th 2005
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 398
Edition language: English
In October of 1972 a plane carrying 45 passengers and crew crashed into a glacier in the Andes. Within a week there were only 27 left alive and the food was running out and soon hope of rescue was lost. To stay alive, those remaining had to resort to eating the bodies of the dead. Eventually two of ...
Read this when I was 14. Three months later I still couldn't sit in a chair without wondering what my own asscheeks would taste like, sashimi-style.What a fucking story.
Truly an amazing book. Much better than any movie made from it. A powerful story of friendship, love and the will to survive. A true story. Tragic, shocking, difficult, but powerful. You'll never forget it and it will inspire you.
I think I was still in junior high when I read this one. Well written, but a little too grim for me, as I recall.