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The Totem Pole: And a Whole New Adventure (Travel Literature), by Paul Pritchard
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"It's an unusual fact that all people in wheelchairs are drunk magnets ... if your idea of help is being hauled up a flight of stairs by some pissed-up punter, risking severe injury, when in reality you were trying to cross the road, then you're welcome to it." Paul Pritchard had scaled mountains from the Andes to the Himalayas, but a small sea-stack in Tasmania was to be the scene of the most significant climb of his career. From his struggle for life, hanging semi-conscious from a rope after being struck by a falling boulder, to the subsequent fight to unify his body and severely damaged brain, Pritchard traces a path to another way of living. His previous award-winning book Deep Play: a Climber's Odyssey had explored the motivations that had driven him to seek out the dangers and rewards of top-level climbing. The Totem Pole puts everything he has learned about himself to the test on the long journey back from paralysis to the mountains. Fellow patients, his medical team, friends and family are skilfully and perceptively drawn, but sharing the heart of the book is the woman whose superhuman efforts at the rock face saved his life and who was to end their relationship during his rehabilitation. The resolution of their story shows Pritchard at his clear-sighted best. Humorous, cynical, lyrical and passionate, this is a story told without self-pity, but one which fathoms the depths of a quality of solitude that the author had once sought on the mountainside, but found to be the stuff of daily life after his injury. A compelling chronicle of one man's reawakening. --Alex Hankin
Synopsis
Paul Pritchard gained a reputation as a climber of routes of extreme technical difficulty. In 1998, a horrendous accident left him paralysed. This text recalls his climbing memories and tells of his fight for recovery.'
Produktinformation
Gebundene Ausgabe: 208 Seiten
Verlag: Constable (23. September 1999)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0094795908
ISBN-13: 978-0094795907
Verpackungsabmessungen:
21,8 x 14,5 x 2,3 cm
Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung:
4.0 von 5 Sternen
1 Kundenrezension
Amazon Bestseller-Rang:
Nr. 1.348.341 in Fremdsprachige Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Fremdsprachige Bücher)
Although it follows his award-winning work, Deep Play, it cannot be described as a sequel. The Totem Pole is an account of a singular event in the author's life: a climbing accident in Australia that resulted in brain damage and partial paralysis. His rehabilitation is marked by the frightening uncertainty of how much (or how little) progress he will make. Climbing had been the essence of his life, and now no one can tell him if and when he will ever climb again.For an early dropout from school (at his father's urging), Pritchard has an amazing writing talent. "Deep Play" showed signs of his ability, but "The Totem Pole" brings Pritchard's talent to full flower.The only disappointment in the book is the middle section, where he switches from his narrative to a transcription of a taped diary made during his rehabilitation. The transcripts are a noticeable dropoff in the writing, but help reveal the inspired level with which the book begins and ends.A standout in the genre of climbing books, Joe Simpson fans will not be disappointed.
Words like "spellbinding" are thrown around too often, but I truly could not put this book down. It is a rare chance to visit inside the experience of a person with a brain injury, and inside the experience of rehab. Fortunately for the reader, the writer is a man of rare courage and humor, and the trip, while painful, is ...well, spellbinding.The writing is a little bit uneven, but don't let that stop you. The story is the thing, and he tells it well.
Although it follows his award-winning work, Deep Play, it cannot be described as a sequel. The Totem Pole is an account of a singular event in the author's life: a climbing accident in Australia that resulted in brain damage and partial paralysis. His rehabilitation is marked by the frightening uncertainty of how much (or how little) progress he will make. Climbing had been the essence of his life, and now no one can tell him if and when he will ever climb again.For an early dropout from school (at his father's urging), Pritchard has an amazing writing talent. "Deep Play" showed signs of his ability, but "The Totem Pole" brings Pritchard's talent to full flower.The only disappointment in the book is the middle section, where he switches from his narrative to a transcription of a taped diary made during his rehabilitation. The transcripts are a noticeable dropoff in the writing, but help reveal the inspired level with which the book begins and ends.A standout in the genre of climbing books, Joe Simpson fans will not be disappointed.
After 'Deep Play' I was keen to read more of Paul Pritchard's work. Paul writes with a great deal of honesty and in a way which makes you want to keep on reading - his varied style never becoming dull. The book is less about climbing than his recovery from a horrific brain injury sustained whilst pursuing that passion (although the account of the incident itelf is quite gripping).His grit and determination to regain a life in some way resembling what he lost in Tasmania is truly commendable but perhaps not surprising given the way he approached climbing and life in general. His account of the physical and mental struggles along with the people (patients and medical staff) who become fixtures of his new world is both humorous and touching.
A fantastic read, totally compelling and involving. The fact that Paul Prtichard has actually gone through the experiences he describes is astounding. a book that leaves you feeling totally content with the world when you close the last page.Especially good if you are laid up with a climbing injury!
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