Into the Wild

Author:: Jon Krakauer
Format:: Audio CD

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Short description

This movie tie-in edition follows the haunting story of 22-year-old Chris McCandless, who walked into the Alaskan wilderness in the spring of 1992 and whose body was found six months later by a hunter. Unabridged. 6 CDs.

Long description

In April 1992 a twenty-four-year-old from the Washington, D.C., suburbs named Chris McCandless walked into the Alaska wilderness below Mt. McKinley with a small-caliber rifle and a ten-pound bag of rice. Four months later, his emaciated corpse was found at his campsite by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. Digging deeply, he takes an inherently compelling mystery and unravels the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons.

Product details

Narrator:: Philip Franklin
Publisher:: Random House Audio Assets
ISBN:: 9780739358047
Publication date:: August 2007
Length:: 160mm
Width:: 141mm
Thickness:: 27mm
Weight:: 191g

Review

Terrifying...Eloquent...A heart-rending drama of human yearning.
-- New York Times
A narrative of arresting force. Anyone who ever fancied wandering off to face nature on its own harsh terms should give a look. It's gripping stuff.
-- Washington Post
Compelling and tragic...Hard to put down.
-- San Francisco Chronicle
Engrossing...with a telling eye for detail, Krakauer has captured the sad saga of a stubborn, idealistic young man.
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order.
-- Entertainment Weekly

From the Trade Paperback edition.