This is the first book I purchased for my Kobo, at the amazing sum of $3.00. I had it in mind that Mama might enjoy this account, but I bought it for myself as well.... Why not, I thought, the story interests me, why not splurge and live a little.
And for all of its very straightforward writing style, I did enjoy the book, which posits its own explanation for the apparently suicidal behaviour of some experienced Russian hikers in the Urals in the 1959. The exact cause of their deaths remains a mystery to this day. The author gives the apparently credible suggestion of infrasound.
I enjoyed reading about everyday Russian life, and when the author described wood cutting camps near the Urals, I thought of my father during World War ll. I wondered whereabouts in Russia, south of Siberia, his forestry camp was. I remember Tato mentioning that his boss liked him, and that he did singing.
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