A woman in the polar night

Ritter, Christiane (author.). Degras, Jane, 1905- (translator.). Wheeler, Sara, (writer of foreword.). Ritter, Christiane Translation of : Eine Frau erlebt die Polarnacht. English. (Added Author).

Summary: Remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husband. She thinks it will be a relaxing trip, a chance to "read thick books in the remote quiet and, not least, sleep to my heart's content", but when Christiane arrives she is shocked to realise that they are to live in a tiny ramshackle hut on the shores of a lonely fjord, hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement, battling the elements every day, just to survive. This luminous classic memoir tells the inspiring tale of a woman who found freedom and fulfilment in the adventure of a lifetime.

Record details

ISBN: 9781805330899
ISBN: 1805330896
Physical Description: 216 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
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Publisher: London : Pushkin Press Classics, 2024.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	First published as: Eine Frau erlebt die Polarnacht in 1938. "First published by Pushkin Press in 2019"--Title page verso.
Original Version Note:	Originally published: Eine Frau erlebt die Polarnacht. Norway : Ullstein Taschenbuchvlg, 1938.
Language Note:	In English, Translated from the German.