Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

Facts, Facts, Facts:

I read this book eagerly, given the fact that the book jacket described Rawicz's journey as "Homeric." Though he may have travelled as far as Odysseus, he certainly doesn't possess the literary skills of a Homer, even with the help of a ghost writer. The Long Walk was a plainly told tale of extraordinary endurance. In fact, I agree with one reviewer who found the tale so extraordinary as to be unbelievable. I might be willing to accept the truth of Rawicz's story had there been some introduction or some... more info

Answer to the non-believers:

The reviewers who don't believe that this is a true story have never talked to actual survivors of Soviet prison camps, nor read any of their stories - they belong to the group that do not believe that German death camps existed. Shackleton's story of his voyage in a small open boat through the roaring Fifties, and then his walk across uncharted mountains on the island of South Georgia, sounds equally unbelievable.

Many books have been written by survivors of the Gulags, unfortunately not many in English.... more info

A great examination of the surviving spirit:

There have have been questions about the truth od this book. What rings true is the deep emotional turmoil of the author as he hangs on to his hatred for his tormentors, and there's no doubt thess dark passions helped spur him on during his long and often seeminly endless trek. It's a sad book. An amazing journey of the mind and the soul can be found in IN THE GHOST COUNTRY by Peter Hillary, a mind-bending account of his haunted journey to the South Pole. Deep stuff.

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