The Terrors of Ice and Darkness
Christoph Ransmayr
240 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0802134599
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Language: English
Publish: May 3, 1996
AdventureFictionGerman LiteratureHistoricalHistorical FictionLiterary FictionLiteratureNovelsRomanTravel
A man attempts to explain the disappearance of an Italian explorer in the Arctic in 1981 by reconstructing an Austrian expedition of a century before and, in the process, dispels many cherished notions about heroism