Climbers
M. John Harrison
A man finds himself through rock-climbing, hoping to grasp what is important in life but soon learns the obsessive sport comes with a price. After retreating from a failed marriage, he meets Normal and his entourage and travels around the UK searching for the perfect climb. Rock-climbing offers an intensity that momentarily erases the outside world, leading to addiction and camaraderie, but at a cost.
Publish Date
2004-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
2004-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1989
Goodreads Rating
4.02
ISBN
9780575092174
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Recommendations
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Recommendations
2021-01-23T11:37:11.000Z
Climbers remains one of my favourite books. I’m still not convinced it’s not a fantasy novel. But I’m also not entirely convinced that it is. Whatever it is, it’s beautiful and moving and remarkable. – source