The hiking book from hell
"Jim Gaffigan meets Cheryl Strayed in this blisteringly funny memoir about the call of the wild, from one of Scandinavia's biggest comedians. Sometime around his forties, Are Kalvø starts losing his friends ... to the mountains. Friends who used to meet him at the pub are now hiking and sk...
| Main Author: | Kalvø, Are (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Moffatt, Lucy (Translator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Norwegian |
| Published: |
Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London :
Greystone Books,
2022.
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| Summary: |
"Jim Gaffigan meets Cheryl Strayed in this blisteringly funny memoir about the call of the wild, from one of Scandinavia's biggest comedians. Sometime around his forties, Are Kalvø starts losing his friends ... to the mountains. Friends who used to meet him at the pub are now hiking and skiing every weekend, and when they do show up, all they talk about is feeling at one with nature (without a hint of irony). When Are realizes he's the only person who hasn't posted a selfie on a mountain, he starts to wonder: does he have it all wrong? To find out, Are buys some ridiculously expensive gear and heads into the woods. The result of his sardonic trek is at once a smart and funny take-down of outdoors culture, and a reluctant surrender to nature's undeniable pull. An adventure, a comedy, and a tragedy, The Hiking Book from Hell is destined to become a nature writing (and nature hating) classic."-- |
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| Item Description: |
"Originally published in Norwegian by Kagge Forlag, Oslo, as Hyttebok frå helvete, copyright ©2018 by Are Kalvø. |
| Physical Description: |
317 pages ; 23 cm Issued also in electronic format. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781771645850 1771645857 |
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