Pedro Algorta's book
My copy arrived in the post today and have started reading it. I will post more as I get further into the book.
shareI have finished reading Pedro's book and I am giving it. 5/5. I think I liked it better than Nando's or Roberto's book because I can relate more to Pedro. Pedro in many ways was an outsider looking in.
Because he had spent much of his life outside of Uruguay, Pedro did not know the other boys all that well. His friend Felipe died in the crash, and his next closest friend on th mountain was Arturo, who because of his injuries was also a bit of an outsider. Pedro did share some cousins with Coche and because they had a mutual aunt and uncle Pedro came to see Coche as family.
Whereas Nando's and Roberto's were to walk out of the Andes, Pedro only aim each day was to live another 24 hours. He had hopes that they would be rescued but daily survival was all that really mattered to him. He did not think of his family, friends or girlfriend very much for this reason.
He also admits to having a generally poor memories especially of the crash and the first few days following it though he has very strong memories of the avalanche.
He also mentions that Eduardo Strauch has written a book 'Desde el Silencio', as has Daniel Fernandez but adds that Dabiel's book does mention much about the events in the Andes. I assume that these books have only been printed in Spanish.
Thanks for the info. What is title of new book(s)?
sharePedro's book is 'Into the Mountains' and is only available as a paperback at least for the time being.
Roberto Canessa's book is "I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives" and is available as a hardcover, paperback, Kinde and audiobook. I listened to it as an audiobook but I really think it is a book that it would be better to read than to listen to.
He also mentions that Eduardo Strauch has written a book 'Desde el Silencio', as has Daniel Fernandez but adds that Daniel's book does mention much about the events in the Andes. I assume that these books have only been printed in SpanishCarlitos also wrote a book, which I've tried to get through in Spanish, it's called "Después del día Diez" ("After the Tenth Day") and his father has also written one, "Entre mi hijo y yo, la luna"("Between my son and me, the Moon").
Daniel's book is entitled "Regreso a la Montana: una guia de supervivencia espiritual." I can't find the publication date except on Goodreads, which has it as 2012. There's an article about it here:
http://www.losandes.com.ar/noticia/daniel-fernandez-strauch-las-nuevas-generaciones-pueden-reconstruir-mundo-707703
If you open that page in Chrome, you can right click and it will translate the page to (rather clumsy) English. You can buy the book at Amazon.com, either in book form or ebook:
https://www.amazon.com/REGRESO-ESPIRITUAL-MONTA%C3%91A-Spanish-FERNANDEZ-ebook/dp/B00DOQHZDM?ie=UTF8&keywords=daniel%20fernandez%20strauch&qid=1465082779&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
If I could get it in pdf I would try to run it through a translator. I can muddle through Spanish laboriously using my knowledge of French and Latin, but it takes a loooong time and I cherrypick parts to read. I could try it with the paperback version though. Scan, convert to doc., and paste into a translation program. I'd like to read Eduardo's book, too. I always found him to be a very compelling person, someone I would love to meet.
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Like you, palisade, I can muddle through Spanish due to my school days knowledge of French. I do that with articles etc and in fact a few years ago managed to do it while I was doing a project on the history of early aviation in South America. I will read the article about Daniel (with the help of an app I have on my iPad). I do wish that Carlitos' book, his dad's book, Eduardo's and Daniel's books were available in English.
shareI'm reading Nandos book now, it's decent but he spends too much time talking about his home life before and after the crash. He also tries to come off as a worldly writer using a much too wide vocabulary. Simplified is best.. It is giving some more insight to certain events, but The Pier Pauls Read book I think covers all angles best.
I want to give Algorta's a read, maybe Canessa's too, but that sounds like it might be the worst?
Thanks for the info on his book. Definitely have to add it to my list.
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