A woman in the polar night

A woman in the polar night

Christiane Ritter ; translated from the German by Jane Degras ; with a foreword by Sara Wheeler
Book - 2024

Remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husband. She thinks it will be a relaxing trip, a chance to "read thick books in the remote quiet and, not least, sleep to my heart's content", but when Christiane arrives she is shocked to realise that they are to live in a tiny ramshackle hut on the shores of a lonely fjord, hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement, battling the elements every day, just to survive. This luminous classic memoir tells the inspiring tale of a woman who found freedom and fulfilment in the adventure of a lifetime.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ritter, Christiane (Author)
Other Authors: Degras, Jane, 1905- (Translator), Wheeler, Sara (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: London : Pushkin Press Classics, 2024.
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