by Al Alvarez · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782757894293
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«Nourrir la bête: Portrait d'un grimpeur» is the biographical portrait of climber Mo Antoine by Al Alvarez (POINTS, paperback, 168 pp., French).
The author portrays Mo Antoine, a singular mountaineer and veteran of major expeditions who put camaraderie before competition and described climbing as «the art of playing chess with one's own body»; he explores how adventurers seek their physical and mental limits, determined to «feed the beast».
Work originally published in 1988 as «Feeding the Rat: A Climber's Life on the Edge»; translated from the English by Anatole Pons-Reumaux. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for mountain literature in 1988.
For readers of mountain literature, climber biographies, and narrative adventure non-fiction.
Alfred Alvarez was an English poet, novelist, essayist and critic who published under the name A. Alvarez and Al Alvarez.
