by James Dickey · Rowohlt · tapa dura · ISBN 9783498012199
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«Flußfahrt» is an adventure novel by James Dickey, published by Rowohlt in hardcover (307 pages, in German).
Four city men plan a canoe trip down a wild and remote river in Georgia to escape their routine. The journey through the stone canyons becomes an extreme test: when violence erupts, the adventure gives way to a struggle for survival in the wilderness.
The work, originally published as Deliverance in 1970, was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Prix Médicis étranger.
For readers of classics, adventure and suspense seeking a survival story with literary value.
James Lafayette Dickey was an American poet, novelist, critic, and lecturer. He was appointed the 18th United States Poet Laureate in 1966. His other accolades included the National Book Award for Poetry and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
