Golding, William
Pincher Martin - London Faber & Faber 1962 - 208p.
Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears only on weather charts. To drink there is a pool of rain water; to eat there are weeds and sea anemones. Through the long hours with only himself to talk to, Martin must try to assemble the truth of his fate, piece by terrible piece.
0571192513
English literature- Fiction
Castaways
Survival
Airplane crash survival
Shipwreck survival
Atlantic Ocean
Fiction
British literature
823.914 / GOL/P
Pincher Martin - London Faber & Faber 1962 - 208p.
Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears only on weather charts. To drink there is a pool of rain water; to eat there are weeds and sea anemones. Through the long hours with only himself to talk to, Martin must try to assemble the truth of his fate, piece by terrible piece.
0571192513
English literature- Fiction
Castaways
Survival
Airplane crash survival
Shipwreck survival
Atlantic Ocean
Fiction
British literature
823.914 / GOL/P