Alive : The Story of the Andes Survivors (Avon Nonfiction)

"A GREAT BOOK ... AN INCREDIBLE SAGA. Read's accomplishment in recording a struggle both physical and spiritual is superb."



"THIS BOOK WILL EXCITE YOU, shock you, at times revolt you, but you are not likely to forget it."



"A classic in the literature of survival."


Review
?It is inconceivable to me that this story could have been better told?a masterpiece of narrative.? ? Graham Greene


Book Description

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 ...

FROM THE PUBLISHER

ALIVE

The Story Of The Andes Survivors

Their plane crashed high In the Andes. Their only shelter was the plane's shattered fuselage, their only supplies a little wine and some bits of candy. In the beginning, there were thirty-two survivors. Then, only twenty-seven; then, nineteen ... and, in the end, sixteen.

This is their story — the greatest modem epic of catastrophe and human endurance.

FROM THE CRITICS

Newsweek

A classic in the literature of survival.

Philadelphia Inquirer

A great book ... An incredible saga. Read's accomplishment in recording a struggle both physical and spiritual is superb.

John Barkham Reviews