Présentation de l'éditeur
Selected to be read on Radio Four's Book of the Week.
'One of the best books I've read in the last five or ten years... Wild is angry, brave, sad, self-knowing, redemptive, raw, compelling, and brilliantly written, and I think it's destined to be loved by a lot of people, men and women, for a very long time.' --Nick Hornby
At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred miles of the west coast of America - from the Mojave Desert, through California and Oregon, and into Washington state - and to do it alone. She had no experience of long-distance hiking and the journey was nothing more than a line on a map. But it held a promise - a promise of piecing together a life that lay in ruins at her feet.
Strayed's account captures the agonies - both mental and physical - of her incredible journey; how it maddened and terrified her, and how, ultimately, it healed her. Wild is a brutal memoir of survival, grief and redemption: a searing portrayal of life at its lowest ebb and at its highest tide.
Revue de presse
Completely immersive... A funny and fierce tale --Independent on Sunday
[Cheryl Strayed] is a compelling storyteller... In this hugely entertaining book she takes the redemptive nature of travel a theme as old as literature itself and makes it her own. --Observer
A traveller's tale about the challenges of modern America, the kindness of strangers and the resilience of the human spirit. Above all, a vigorous, colourful, heartening piece of writing. --The Times
A spectacular book... Both a literary and a human triumph. --New York Times
A deeply honest memoir about mother and daughter, solitude and courage, and regaining footing, one step at a time. --Vogue
Clear, honest, and quietly riveting. --Marie Claire
Biographie de l'auteur
Cheryl Strayed is the author of Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar and the novel Torch. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Vogue, The Rumpus, Self, The Missouri Review, The Sun, and The Best American Essays. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
