The author, Hans Ruesch Link in Wikipedia:
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Hans Ruesch (17 May 1913 - August 27, 2007) was a Swiss novelist, as well racing driver and internationally known activist against animal testing and vivisection.
spent the first 14 years of his life in Naples, where his father was a textile businessman. Ruesch was in a boarding school in Switzerland and then studied law at the University of Zurich. He left in 1932 to join the race track.
already in the United States, published short fiction stories in popular magazines. In 1946, he returned to Naples to continue writing. Her best known novel of adventure is The country of long shadows (1950), set in the world of the Eskimos. Be adapted for film several times. Ruesch died
of cancer at his home in Lugano, Switzerland. He was 94.
spent the first 14 years of his life in Naples, where his father was a textile businessman. Ruesch was in a boarding school in Switzerland and then studied law at the University of Zurich. He left in 1932 to join the race track.
already in the United States, published short fiction stories in popular magazines. In 1946, he returned to Naples to continue writing. Her best known novel of adventure is The country of long shadows (1950), set in the world of the Eskimos. Be adapted for film several times. Ruesch died
of cancer at his home in Lugano, Switzerland. He was 94.
Featured Novels Hans Ruesch:
| The country of long shadows |
OUTSTANDING WORK:
Title: The country long shadows Author: Hans Ruesch
Synopsis:
A unique novel that connects us to a different life, where the nights last five months and the times are measured by the step of the moons. Tiny igloo on the frozen sea, in which the family plays a fundamental role of women is essential and scarce, the relationship is sincere and spontaneous, and the kisses are rubbing your nose and have real meaning. But there is no place where it comes, sooner or later, the white man. And arrives bringing rarities such as guns, snuff, oil and the unusual design of one God. Their customs are too different from the Eskimos. Can you live with two cultures so opposed? This book tells of how exciting the life of several generations of white land Eskimos in the north end of the world. A lesson in life that catches from beginning to end. The land of shadows long is a literary classic that you can not stop reading.
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