The Ascent of F6

Author(s): W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood

Fiction

The play tells the story of Michael Ransom, a climber, who, against his better judgement, accepts the offer of the British press and government to sponsor an expedition to the peak of F6, a mountain on the border of a British colony and a colony of the fictional country of Ostnia. Ransom is destroyed by his haste to complete the expedition ahead of the Ostnian climbers.

pp 123. Blue cloth in good d/w. Tiny insect holes to fold of d/w. Age darkening to endpapers, else good.


Product Information

The play tells the story of Michael Ransom, a climber, who, against his better judgement, accepts the offer of the British press and government to sponsor an expedition to the peak of F6, a mountain on the border of a British colony and a colony of the fictional country of Ostnia. Ransom is destroyed by his haste to complete the expedition ahead of the Ostnian climbers

General Fields

  • : 2471721435620
  • : Faber and Faber Ltd
  • : Faber and Faber Ltd
  • : 01 January 1949
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood