by Al Alvarez · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782757894293
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«Nourrir la bête: Portrait d'un grimpeur» is the biographical portrait of climber Mo Antoine by Al Alvarez (POINTS, paperback, 168 pp., French).
The author portrays Mo Antoine, a singular mountaineer and veteran of major expeditions who put camaraderie before competition and described climbing as «the art of playing chess with one's own body»; he explores how adventurers seek their physical and mental limits, determined to «feed the beast».
Work originally published in 1988 as «Feeding the Rat: A Climber's Life on the Edge»; translated from the English by Anatole Pons-Reumaux. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature in 1988.
For readers of mountain literature, climber biographies, and narrative adventure nonfiction.
Alfred Alvarez was an English poet, novelist, essayist and critic who published under the name A. Alvarez and Al Alvarez.
