Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Avon Nonfiction) Review
I won't write a term paper here. You're wondering whether this book is worth reading or not. It is worth a read. This book is especially for anyone who ever lost a close friend or a member of their family and is wondering if they are even still alive. I wouldn't want to even venture a vague estimate as to the odds against anyone in this party surviving after a crash landing in the frigid Andes. Most assumed all were dead from the crash itself. Yet a party of individuals survived and clung to life with every fiber of their beings. In fact, they valued life so much that they were willing to consume members of their party who died along the way. I read this account years ago, and, even to the present day, I have still not heard of another account in which humans eat humans to survive. So you can imagine the shock this book produced in me. Yet I don't blame the survivors in the least, as some have. And I am confident that if the dead knew what the living had to do to survive, they would have been thankful that their flesh did not rot in the Andes but it actually saved lives. What a story! You will find it hard to stop reading until the end.
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Avon Nonfiction) Overview
On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive. For ten excruciating weeks they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, they were forced to do what would have once been unthinkable ...
This is their story -- one of the most astonishing true adventures of the twentieth century.
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Customer Reviews
The Mysogynist. Piers Paul Read - JayKay -
Piers Paul Read"s recent novel, The Mysogynist, brought home to me what a great writer he is, and how under-estimated in an age of instant world wide best sellers
Phenomenal story of survival - Bobby T - South Riding, VA
If you enjoy stories of survival, you'll certainly enjoy this one. The details of what the crash survivors did is no secret, but reading the intimate details about their challenges was at times, gut wrenching.
Definitely not a page turner, in my opinion. But a fantastic read that will keep your interest throughout.
Got me through my deployment... - Avid Reader - Arlington, TX
This story was even better than the movie, and the movies was great. I have read this book a few times now. I love the rawness of it. I would recommend it to anyone ready to face the bitter truth of what it takes to survive in horrible conditions. I read this while I was deployed in Afghanistan and I realized if these people could survive that then I would be just fine!
Awesome Book!!! - A. Adelman -
I loved this book. I devoured it in 2 days; I couldn't put it down. A tale of survival, endurance, love and loss. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone. The writing is excellent. The story is compelling. This one will stay with me a long time.
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