What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. Described by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate, and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jack London and lose sight of the dangers of heading into the wilderness alone? Krakauer, whose own adventures have taken him to the perilous heights of Everest, provides some answers by exploring the pull the outdoors, seductive yet often dangerous, has had on his own life.

#Difficile de lâcher ce livre ! (2008-11-25) Ce livre est une vraie réussite. . . dès qu on a commencé les premières pages, on veut comprendre pourquoi, comment ce jeune homme qui décide de partir à l aventure dans son pays (les Etats-Unis), se retrouve piégé en Alaska et finit par mourir de faim ! Le roman/récit tient en haleine jusqu au bout. . . L histoire ne peut laisser indifférent et amène à réfléchir à la bonne distance entre la société et l individu : peut-on aujourd hui vivre dans et avec la Nature ? jusqu où ?A lire absolument !