
by Christoph Ransmayr
The novel tells the story of the Austro-Hungarian Payer-Weyprecht expedition from 1872 to 1874, during which the northernmost part of Eurasia, the Franz Josef Land, was discovered. It is a blend of a documentary and fiction.
Facts:
English title: The Terrors of Ice and Darkness
Original title: Die Schrecken des Eises und der Finsternis
Published: 1984