What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to
literally walk away from his life?
By examining the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992
walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse
were found four months later, internationally bestselling author Jon Krakauer
explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of
self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude and
contact with nature.
'an astonishingly gifted writer: his account of 'Alex Supertramp' is powerfully
dramatic, eliciting sympathy for both the idealistic, anti-consumerist boy - and
his parents'