Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
Chris McCandless walked into the Alaskan wilderness and died there. Krakauer's investigation of why, and of his own youthful recklessness, is a meditation on idealism and its limits.
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you want a haunting story about freedom, youth and consequence.
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Three things you will actually use
- Idealism needs competence.
- Reconciliation deferred may be lost.
- Freedom has a price.
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Read it alongside Krakauer's chapter on his own climb.
Our verdict
Idealism and its limits.
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