The Beckoning Silence by Joe Simpson

The Beckoning Silence

Joe Simpson

315 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature travel adventurous medium-paced
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“I had to stand there and watch while the rest of my life was determined by the shaky adhesion of a few millimetres of fractured ice and the dubious friction of a tiny point of metal in a hairline crack in a rock wall…”Marking the climax of his cl...

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adventurous 100%
emotional 75%
informative 50%
reflective 50%
tense 50%
dark 25%
inspiring 25%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 25%

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3.95

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