The Runner: Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness - Softcover

Torgeby, Markus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472974204 ISBN 13: 9781472974204

Verlag: Bloomsbury Sport, 2019

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Críticas:

The most beautiful book I ever read. (Rune Larsson, ultra-distance runner)

A strikingly honest account of stripping back life to its bare essentials to understand what's important. Some beautiful descriptions of nature and survival. (Vassos Alexander, BBC Radio 2)

Few people have the courage to be true to the person they really are... A fascinating story about a man dedicated and entirely devoted to his true love, running. (Dean Karnazes, legendary ultramarathoner and NY Times bestselling author 2018-05-04)

A fascinating account. nothing but extreme. (Trail Running Magazine 2018-08-01)

This stirring treatise of living (and running) simply will inspire those struggling with finding their place. (Publishers Weekly 2018-08-27)

Torgeby's memoir offers a powerful testament to simplicity, the quest for inner peace, and the liberating joy of running . . . (Booklist 2018-08-28)

Compelling. it made me long to be outside running. (Elizabeth Boyle Colorado Review)

Beautifully written. a compelling real-life story of a young man who moved into the forest in northern Sweden at age 20 so that he could run and escape modern life. (Women's Running)

Poetic, direct and honest. Read it! (Maria Kustvik Östgöta Correspondenten)

There is nothing superfluous or pointless in this book. Only heart and taut verbal muscle. (Bodil Juggas Arbetabladet)

Reseña del editor:

'The most beautiful book I ever read.' - Rune Larsson, ultra-distance runner

Markus Torgeby was just 20 years old when he headed off into the remote Swedish forest to live as a recluse and dedicate himself to his one true passion: running. He lived in a tent in the wilderness, braving the harsh Swedish winters - for four years. This is his story. An international bestseller, this extraordinary book is a powerful exploration of running, resilience, loss, and self-discovery.

A talented long-distance runner in his teens, Markus Torgeby excelled in training, but often failed inexplicably in competition. Pressurised by his coach and consumed by the suffering of his MS-afflicted mother, he chose to do something that most of us only dream of: escape the modern world. In his stripped-back lifestyle in the woods, surviving with the bare minimum of supplies and enduring extreme cold, he found salvation and ultimately his true direction in life.

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• Verlag: Bloomsbury Sport
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1472974204
• ISBN 13: 9781472974204
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192