Milagro en los Andes

286 pages

Spanish language

Published July 9, 2006 by Planeta.

ISBN:: 978-84-08-06709-2

(1 review)

Nando Parrado regained consciousness to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as family members and supporters, had crashed deep in the Andes. Many were dead or dying, among them his own mother and sister. Those who remained were stranded on a glacier at nearly 12,000 feet, with no supplies and no means of summoning help. They struggled to endure freezing temperatures, deadly avalanches, and then the devastating news that the search for them had been called off. Nando's thoughts turned to his father, who he knew must be consumed with grief, and he resolved that he must get home or die trying--so an ordinary young man, with no disposition for leadership or heroism, led an expedition across 45 miles of frozen wilderness. Thirty years later, Nando provides a revealing look at life at the edge of death and a meditation on the limitless redemptive power of …

Nando Parrado regained consciousness to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as family members and supporters, had crashed deep in the Andes. Many were dead or dying, among them his own mother and sister. Those who remained were stranded on a glacier at nearly 12,000 feet, with no supplies and no means of summoning help. They struggled to endure freezing temperatures, deadly avalanches, and then the devastating news that the search for them had been called off. Nando's thoughts turned to his father, who he knew must be consumed with grief, and he resolved that he must get home or die trying--so an ordinary young man, with no disposition for leadership or heroism, led an expedition across 45 miles of frozen wilderness. Thirty years later, Nando provides a revealing look at life at the edge of death and a meditation on the limitless redemptive power of love.

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jokususa reviewed Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado

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4 stars

I have not read Alive (or at least i dont remember to have read it) so I didnt know the story before hand but by the book short. I found Nando Parrado's description of events very relatable; while many understandably relied on their faith in God to survive the mental stress of the situation, Nando could not see sense in "God's plan". The deaths of many were but a play of luck in the end, it was up to themselves to save them. But it is also a story about love and companionship, not just survival.

Subjects

Parrado, Nando, -- 1949-
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Aircraft accidents -- Andes Region.
Cannibalism -- Andes Region.
Aircraft accident victims -- Uruguay -- Biography.
Supervivencia (después de accidentes aéreos, naufragios, etc.)
Aeronáutica -- Accidentes -- Andes (Región)
Antropofagia -- Andes (Región)
Víctimas de accidentes aeronáuticos.