- Fiction, Mountaineering, Adventure and adventurers, Mountaineers
Rudi dreams of climbing to the summit of the Citadel, the highest mountain in Switzerland. His father was the only man who dared to approach the top and he died in the pursuit. Now Rudi yearns to complete the quest. Adolescence.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- James Ramsey Ullman
- First published
- 1954
- Pages
- 254
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval, Random House (a), Collins
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- Chinese, Italian, und, English
- ISBN
- 9780397321414
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