Jon Krakauer 1996
- What it is
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It's an essay · a farewell that moves you
- Genre
- Biography Nature Memoir
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A reader shelved it with yours in Books about being alone and surviving it
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Melancholic and unhurried · one to read slowly
Just Mercy
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It leaves you shaken · you end up rooting for the wrong people
Just Kids
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Comforting, like coming home · it makes you laugh
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Sad, but it leaves you hopeful · funny and sad at once
Mr Wilder and Me
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Comforting, like coming home · a small, intimate story
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As unsettling as yours, only more atmospheric and morally grey
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It makes you laugh · you come out liking people more
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It makes you laugh · it makes you think, without a lecture
Communion
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Melancholic and unhurried · funny and sad at once
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No clean hands here · fierce and defiant
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