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The new book from the author of the bestselling and much-loved Seabiscuit. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channelled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humour; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
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Författare: | Hillenbrand, Laura |
Titel: | Unbroken |
Typ: | Bok |
Kategori: | Böcker/Memoarer & Biografier |
Releasedatum: | 2011-01-20 |
Artikelnummer: | 698937 |
Lagerstatus: | Beställningsvara Leveranstid: från 7 vardagar |
EAN: | 9780007378012 |
ISBN: | 0007378012 |
Språk: | Engelska |
Bandtyp: | Inbunden |
Mått(BxHxD): | 162x240x45 mm |
Omfång: | 500 sidor |
Vikt: | 876 gram |
Titel: | Unbroken |
Förlag: | Harpercollins Publishers |
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