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West
Jim Perrin
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Description for West
Paperback. Part memoir, part travelogue, legendary writer Jim Perrin charts a journey of loss, love and grief in the face of the deaths of his wife and son. Simply extraordinary, West is set to become a classic of its kind. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFJX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
West tells the story of Jim Perrin's life against the lives and deaths of his cherished wife and son, and the landscapes through which they travelled together. It is a complex and sensual love-story, a celebration of the beauty and redemptive power of wild nature and an extraordinary account of one man's journey towards the acceptance of devastating personal loss.
West tells the story of Jim Perrin's life against the lives and deaths of his cherished wife and son, and the landscapes through which they travelled together. It is a complex and sensual love-story, a celebration of the beauty and redemptive power of wild nature and an extraordinary account of one man's journey towards the acceptance of devastating personal loss.
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843546122
SKU
V9781843546122
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About Jim Perrin
Jim Perrin is one of Britain's most highly regarded writers on travel, nature and the outdoors and in his youth was one of the country's most notable rock-climbers. He is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Climber and The Great Outdoors. Among many other awards he has twice won the Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature, and was ... Read more
Reviews for West
'West's hand grasps your heart so violently as to leave thumbprints - I came out at the end feeling that my face had been breathed on by fire; I had been washed in the writer's scalding tears - Peerless.' Independent