Reading Challenge/
Continental Drift/: South America “Read a book set on every continent”
I dont give many books astar rating but after listening to this book and reading other reviews I feel like its allowed.
The first half of the book was very good and got me hooked immediately, The harrowing journey had me sitting at the edge of my seat, But as soon as they were rescued, it went downhill,
The author jumped all over the place between the crash and present day and it was very jarring.
I dont know if something was lost in translation but it just didnt fit together properly, It would have been so much better if all the past was put together finishing with them getting rescued.
There was also a lot of stuff about the families and how they felt what was happening with the people lost in the mountains and it was so randomly introduced you didnt really feel anything for them or feel like it had any relevance to the story other than that they were related.
I dont doubt that the event was horrific and terrible and my rating has nothing to do with what these people survived.
They are brave and strong and I commend them for making it through, This rating is based solely on the fact that the book is poorly laid out and I will likely recommend any book over it.
The only reason it didnt getis because I found the first half was interesting, A personal story of unbelievable survival, hope, and spiritual awakening in the face of unspeakable tragedy.
Its the unfathomable modern legend that has become a testament to the resilience of the human spirit: theAndes plane crash and the Uruguayan rugby teammates who suffered seventytwo days among the dead and dying.
It was a harrowing test of endurance on a snowbound cordillera that ended in a miraculous rescue.
Now comes the unflinching and emotional true story by one
of the men who found his way home.
Four decades after the tragedy, a climber discovered survivor Eduardo Strauchs wallet near the memorialized crash site and returned it to him.
It was a gesture that compelled Strauch to finally “break the silence of the mountains, ”
In this revelatory and rewarding memoir, Strauch withholds nothing as he reveals the truth behind the lifechanging events that challenged him physically and tested him spiritually, but would never destroy him.
In revisiting the horror story we thought we knew, Strauch shares the lessons gleaned from far outside the realm of rational learning: how surviving on the mountain, in the face of its fierce, unforgiving power and desolate beauty, forever altered his perception of love, friendship, death, fear, loss, and hope.
Buvau tik trumpalaikė, nereikšminga esybė, stovinti priešais milijonus metų stūksantį kalną toks mažas prieš jo didybę.
Buvau nusilpęs nuo troškulio, bado ir nuovargio, kankinamas nežinomybės ir baimės, tačiau netgi tokiomis aplinkybėmis jaučiau keistą harmoniją su aplinka, tarsi ši milžiniska akmens masė būtų mano tęsinys, tarsi paties kalno sąmonė galėtų pasireikšti per manąją.
Gamta gali būti žiauri ir nepalanki, tačiau visada išlieka racionali, ltgt Išties gamta nėra nei gera, nei bloga, ji tiesiog yra, Todėl galbūt vienintelė nenuneigiama gamtos savybė yra jos didybė, Nuo šio įvykio šiemet sukako lygiaimetų, Tiksliau, jei atkartotume visą nelaimės chronologiją, priešmetų lėktuvas jau buvo nukritęs, išlikę gyvi daugiau kaip mėnesį stengėsi išlikti itin atšiauriomis sąlygomis be maisto, šiltų drabužių, medikamentų ir be normalaus geriamo vandens, o iki išsigelbėjimo buvo likę daugiau, kaip mėnuo.
Daugiau kaip du mėnesius žmonės tikėjosi, kad juos kas nors išgelbės, buvo praradę viltis ir beveik visą sveikatą.
Ir vis tik keliems iš jų pavyko išgyventi, Ko gero tai galima vadinti stebuklu, O gal įrodymu, kokios neįtikėtinos gali būti žmogaus galimybės,
Jei nieko negirdėjote apie šią istoriją, tikrai verta su ja susipažinti, Dar ir kaip! Tik jei jau rekomenduoju, siūlyčiau skaityti kito išgyvenusiojo knygą, kuri kadaise buvo išleista lietuviškai “Stebuklas Anduose”.
Toje knygoje istorija pateikiama kur kas jautriau, Nuoseklus emocijų kupinas pasakojimas, kuriame yra galimybė pažinti kiekvieną išgyvenusį, pajusti šių žmonių emocijas ir suprasti, kaip jiems pavyko išsigelbėti.
Juk išsigelbėjimas tai ne tik fizinis kelias, bet kur kas labiau psichologinis, emocinis, Šioje gi knygoje pasakojimas trūkinėjantis, katastrofos dalyviai šmėsčioja tik tarpais, tarsi būtų butaforiniai.
Autorius pasakoja apie save dažnai aplenkdamas kitus, nors dėl to, kad išgyventų ar vienytų visus tomis sunkiomis akimirkomis, atrodytų, nuveikė ne tiek ir daug.
Neįsigyvenau. O jeigu nebūčiau istorijos girdėjęs anksčiau, nežinau, kokį galutinį įspūdį būčiau susidaręs.
Realiai istorijai tik pats aukščiausias vertinimas, O tam, kas sudėta šioje knygoje, ne daugiau, kaip, This is a moving memoir by one of the rugby team survivors of the fateful airplane crash in the Andes in.
Forty years later, Eduardo Strauch Urioste recounts his harrowing experience of those days, the years that followed, and the lasting effect it has had on his life.
Eduardo Strauch and his fellow Uruguayan rugby team were flying to Chile in, They were traveling in a Douglas Fairchild aircraft when it crashed in the Andes mountains, They later discovered that this snowy cordillera was ironically called the “Valley of Tears”, Among the living were the dead and injured sadly including some fatally injured, The survivors barricaded themselves in the fuselage with anything they could find as protection from the freezing cold not knowing that this would be their home for the next seventytwo days before their rescue.
Out of the Silence: After the Crash is a beautifully written memoir of heroic bravery, friendship, fear, hope and love.
It is not a chronological retelling but rather the philosophical reflections of someone who has spent his whole life with a piece of himself still on that mountain.
The first half of the book focused on the crash and thedays of surviving against impossible odds.
Eduardo experienced the devastating loss of his friends and yet he remained certain that he would return home.
Its a testament to their endurance, courage and tenacity to survive against the most gruesome of conditions.
The second half of this fascinating and heart rendering book was a more personal and philosophical perspective that the author could only recount after many years of processing and reflection.
In this part, he shares his intimate thoughts, and feelings along with the life changing lessons he took away from that experience.
The power of the mountain, the desolate beauty of their surroundings, and the tremendous danger they faced day and night makes for incredible reading.
Even after reading, it is next to impossible to even come close to grasping the depth of despair, tragedy and ultimate hope he had experienced.
Eduardo, his wife, Laura, and six children live in Montevideo and many times, over the years, he has pilgrimage alone or with others of his family or friends to this mountain.
Eduardo feels a peaceful closeness to his dearest friends where their graves, plaques and cross stand as reminders of the miraculous events of.
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