Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #892692 in Books
• Published on: 1974-04
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

New York Times
`Thunderous entertainment… a classic human adventure… a narrative of terrific and enduring significance'

Graham Greene
`It is inconceivable to me that this story could have been better told… a masterpiece of narrative'

Daily Mail
`One of the classic survival stories of all time - a story of the will to survive against impossible odds'

Customer Reviews

P.S. - ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
Potential purchasers should note this listing is for the 2005 Harper Perennial reprint of the book which features 8 pages of additional material including contemporary interviews with the author and some of the survivors.
As for the book itself, it remains the only book I literally couldn't put down and read in one extended sitting. It still retains that power and the additional material make this the edition to own.

Brilliant and truly thought provoking
This book is the story of human survival - it makes your think - most people would do what the survivors of this aircrash in the Andes did and that is eat the meat of their dead co-passengers. There were one or two who refused to eat and they died - you have to truly admire them for their principles and beliefs that lasted until they breathed their last breath. If there is a paradise they should be in it.

Fantastic
I can honestly say this is the best book I have ever read, because it stands out as being the only book I really could never put down.
It couldn't have been written better and knocks the absolute spots off the film.
Highly recommended.