Limits of the Known
گزارش تخلف
فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2018
نویسنده
David Chandlerناشر
Recorded Books, Inc.شابک
9781501990267
کتاب های مرتبط
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
- دیدگاه کاربران
نقد و بررسی
November 13, 2017
Roberts, an adventurer and author of nearly 30 books (Alone on the Ice, etc.), movingly reflects on his life prior to undergoing throat-cancer treatment that made physical exertion nearly impossible for him. The diagnosis led him to consider the meaning of his own adventures and those of other explorers, such as Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay and British Arctic explorer Henry Worsley. Interspersed with these vivid retellings of other’s adventures are reminiscences about Roberts’s own outdoor pursuits, many of which were life-or-death undertakings. Roberts’s initial revelation while undergoing chemotheraphy was that when he looked at explorers, he saw “little point... in trying to unearth an overarching purpose in our madness,” yet he eventually surmises that his love for adventure was “encoded” in his DNA; he felt an inherent need for the knowledge and companionship that dangerous situations require. Roberts also reflects on life’s bittersweet joys, such as when he looks at a recent photo, taken with his wife on a short hike, that captures “my emaciated feebleness but also the happiness of that day.” Roberts conveys the exhilaration and vitality of adventuring as well as the agony and anger of a cancer diagnosis with equal aplomb, making for a moving narrative that speaks to the glories of the human spirit and the limitations of the human body.
David Chandler gives this inspiring story a nuanced performance. The autobiographical narrative weaves from author/explorer Roberts's lifelong exploits in nature--scaling peaks, running rivers, backpacking into remote places--to his current challenge fighting a virulent cancer. The history of mountain climbers and their trailblazing is lovingly detailed. A famed climber, Roberts helped name a mountain range, and the Alaskan ranges are almost a character in this audiobook. In his well-crafted reading, Chandler wisely avoids too much intensity while re-creating Roberts's daring adventures. His delivery seems particularly suited to memoir. The author has lived, explored, and tested himself against some of the planet's most challenging places. Yet in the end, the adventurer dwells neither on his infirmities nor his achievements. Instead, he movingly celebrates his five-decade-long marriage. A.D.M. � AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
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