Christiane Ritter

Un delicioso clásico de la literatura de viajes.La increíble historia de una mujer que se embarca en la aventura de su vida. En 1934, Christiane Ritter viaja desde Austria hasta la isla ártica de Spitsbergen para reunirse con su marido, que lleva unos meses instalado alli. A centenares de kilometros de la poblacion mas cercana, y sin ningun tipo de equipamiento moderno, los dos, con la sola compañia de un trampero noruego, se disponen a pasar todo un año en una minuscula cabaña situada junto a un fiordo solitario. Esta es la cautivadora historia de una mujer que pasa del horror y el escepticismo inicial al tranquilo descubrimiento de la fascinacion por el Artico, y que, tras doce meses sobreviviendo a temperaturas extremas, descubre no solo la abrumadora belleza del paisaje y de la fauna de la zona, sino tambien la grandeza de la existencia.

p b Conjures the rasp of the ski runner the scent of burning blubber and the rippling iridescence of the Northern Lights Sara Wheeler p p An astonishing haunting memoir Isabella Tree b p p b The rediscovered classic memoir the mesmerizingly beautiful account of one woman s year spent living in a remote hut in the Arctic b p p In 1934 the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable home for a year with her husband on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen On arrival she is shocked to realise that they are to live in a tiny ramshackle hut on the shores of a lonely fjord hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement p p At first Christiane is horrified by the freezing cold the bleak landscape and the lack of supplies But after encounters with bears and seals long treks over the ice and months of perpetual night she finds herself falling in love with the Arctic s harsh otherworldly beauty p p This luminous classic memoir tells of her inspiring journey to freedom and fulfilment in the adventure of a lifetime p p b Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series timeless storytelling by icons of literature hand picked from around the globe p p Translated by Jane Degras br p With a foreword by Sara Wheeler b p p Born in 1897 CHRI

The rediscovered classic memoir - the mesmerizingly beautiful account of one womans year spent living in a remote hut in the ArcticConjures the rasp of the ski runner, the scent of burning blubber and the rippling iridescence of the Northern Lights Sara Wheeler[An] astonishing, haunting memoir Isabella TreeIn 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable home for a year with her husband on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. On arrival she is shocked to realise that they are to live in a tiny ramshackle hut on the shores of a lonely fjord, hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement.At first, Christiane is horrified by the freezing cold, the bleak landscape and the lack of supplies... But after encounters with bears and seals, long treks over the ice and months of perpetual night, she finds herself falling in love with the Arctics harsh, otherworldly beauty.This luminous classic memoir tells of her inspiring journey to freedom and fulfilment in the adventure of a lifetime.