by Sebastian Junger · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782877063319
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«La Tempête» is the non-fiction account by Sebastian Junger, published by Editions de Fallois in paperback (316 pages, in French).
Sebastian Junger investigates a real storm that broke over the North Atlantic in 1991, off the coast of New England, and the sinking of the fishing vessel Andrea Gail. Drawing on testimonies from survivors and relatives of the missing, along with technical and official reports, he builds a tribute to those who face the sea.
The original work, The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea, received the ALA Alex Award in 1998 and the Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award in 2007.
For readers interested in shipwrecks, natural disasters and true stories of survival at sea.
Sebastian Junger is an American journalist, author and filmmaker who has reported in-the-field on dirty, dangerous and demanding occupations and the experience of infantry combat. He is the author of The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (1997) which was adapted into a major motion picture and led to a resurgence in adventure creative nonfiction writing. He covered the War in Afghanistan for more than a decade, often embedded in dangerous and remote military outposts. The book War (2010) was drawn from his field reporting for Vanity Fair, that also served as the background for the documentary film Restrepo (2010) which received the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Junger's works explore themes such as brotherhood, trauma, and the relationship of the individual to society as told from the far reaches of human experience.
