by Sebastian Junger · W. W. Norton & Company · tapa dura · ISBN 9780393040166
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«The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea» is Sebastian Junger's nonfiction chronicle, published by W. W. Norton & Company in hardback.
The chronicle reconstructs the "perfect storm" that in October 1991 trapped the fishing vessel Andrea Gail off Nova Scotia. Junger interweaves the lives of the swordfish fishermen of Gloucester, Massachusetts, the science of storms, and the rescues at sea that followed the tempest.
Originally published in 1997, this is the first edition. It received the ALA Alex Award and the Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award.
For nonfiction readers interested in natural disasters, maritime history, and true survival stories.
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.
