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The terrors of ice and darkness : a novel

Title
The terrors of ice and darkness : a novel / Christoph Ransmayr ; translated from the German by John E. Woods.
Author
Ransmayr, Christoph, 1954-
Publication
New York : Grove Weidenfeld, 1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Payer, Julius, 1841-1915
  • Weyprecht, Karl, 1838-1881
  • Krisch, Otto, 1844-1874
  • Haller, Johann, 1844-1906
Description
viii, 228 pages : illustrations, portraits; 22 cm
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Getty Literary Endowment
Uniform Title
Schrecken des Eises und der Finsternis. English
Alternative Title
Schrecken des Eises und der Finsternis.
Subject
  • Payer, Julius, 1841-1915 > Fiction
  • Weyprecht, Karl, 1838-1881 > Fiction
  • Österreichisch-Ungarische Polarexpedition (1872-1874) > Fiction
  • Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Fiction
  • Franz Josef Land (Russia) > Discovery and exploration > Fiction
Genre/Form
Historical fiction.
Note
  • Translation of: Die Schrecken des Eises und der Finsternis.
  • Incorporates excerpts from published and unpublished writings of Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht, leaders of the Österreichisch-Ungarische Polarexpedition (1872-1874), and from journals of two members of the expedition, Otto Krisch and Johann Haller.
  • Seven of the illustrations are reproductions of woodcut illustrations after drawings by Julius Payer, in Payer's Die Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872-1874, 1876.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 227).
Call Number
JFD 91-13787
ISBN
  • 0802111521
  • 9780802111524
LCCN
90025549
OCLC
22888082
Author
Ransmayr, Christoph, 1954- author.
Title
The terrors of ice and darkness : a novel / Christoph Ransmayr ; translated from the German by John E. Woods.
Publisher
New York : Grove Weidenfeld, 1991.
Edition
First American edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 227).
Added Author
Payer, Julius, 1841-1915, author, illustrator.
Weyprecht, Karl, 1838-1881, author.
Krisch, Otto, 1844-1874, author.
Haller, Johann, 1844-1906, author.
Research Call Number
JFD 91-13787
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