A woman in the Polar night
Ritter, Christiane2019
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In 1934, the Austrian painter Christiane Ritter travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen to spend a year with her husband, an explorer and researcher. 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 the lack of equipment and supplies... But as time passes, after encounters with bears and seals, long treks over the ice and months on end of perpetual night, she finds herself falling in love with the Arctic's harsh, otherworldly beauty, gaining a great sense of inner peace and a new appreciation for the sanctity of life. This rediscovered classic memoir tells the incredible tale of a woman defying society's expectations to find freedom and peace in the adventure of a lifetime.
Main title:
A woman in the Polar night / Christiane Ritter ; translated by Jane Degras ; with a foreword by Sara Wheeler.
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2019.
Collation:
216 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"The classic memoir of a year in the Arctic wilderness" -- cover.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9781782275640
Dewey class:
919.81
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
367758
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 919.81 RIT | Onloan - Due: 25 Sep 2024 |