by Jon Krakauer · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475967868
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«La febre del cim» is Jon Krakauer's chronicle of the Everest tragedy, published by Editorial Empúries in paperback (320 pages, in Catalan).
Jon Krakauer, journalist and climber, took part in a commercial expedition to Everest in the spring of 1996 and survived the storm that killed several companions. The account reconstructs the events: the ascent, the descent and the decisions that turned the day into a catastrophe at 8,848 meters.
Catalan translation by Bernat Puigtobella, published in the Butxaca collection. Publication date: March 27, 2001.
Aimed at mountain enthusiasts and non-fiction readers who want to learn about a real tragedy narrated by a direct witness.
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling nonfiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles. He was a member of an ill-fated expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest, which would become the subject of Into Thin Air.
