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The heartbreaking and beautiful original debut novel from the now-acclaimed Australian writer, Nikki Gemmell. I can catalogue Antarctica by touch. The touch of air sucked dry on my cheek, the fur of a day-old seal pup, the touch of an iceberg, a blizzard, a lover, the touch of sweat at minus twenty-three, of a camera stuck to the skin on my face, of cold like glass cutting into my skin, of a snowflake, of a dead man, of a doctor's fingers on my inner thigh, of a tongue on my eye. Shiver tells the story of Fin, a young woman who gets the chance of a lifetime to go to Antarctica. Surrounded by the cruel beauty of the last great wilderness on earth, she finds herself transfixed by the power of the land. Travelling and living with a close-knit and idiosyncratic team, Fin learns the rules and taboos of community life in Antarctica, and then promptly breaks the strictest taboo of all - she falls in love. The consequences are shattering. Lyrical, haunting and sometimes painfully moving, Shiver is a first novel of great power and beauty.… (altro)
> [Des pages vraiment glacées] — « Traversée », de Nikki Gemmell. Une jeune journaliste australienne, fatiguée des faits divers sordides, s'embarque avec une expédition scientifique dans l'Antarctique. Le premier roman de l'auteur de « Noces sauvages », succès de librairie en début d'année. Ed. 10/18 Domaine étranger, 224 pages, 47 F. —Philippe Duval, le 23 déc. 2000 (Le Parisien)
> « Traversée », de Nikki GEMMELL. Une virée dans le bush australien et un raid dans les déserts glacés de l'Antarctique. Deux romans dépaysants nous emmènent jusqu'au bout du monde. Trad. par Michèle Valencia, 10-18, 224 p. (inédit) —André Clavel, le 22 janv. 2000 (Le Temps)
The heartbreaking and beautiful original debut novel from the now-acclaimed Australian writer, Nikki Gemmell. I can catalogue Antarctica by touch. The touch of air sucked dry on my cheek, the fur of a day-old seal pup, the touch of an iceberg, a blizzard, a lover, the touch of sweat at minus twenty-three, of a camera stuck to the skin on my face, of cold like glass cutting into my skin, of a snowflake, of a dead man, of a doctor's fingers on my inner thigh, of a tongue on my eye. Shiver tells the story of Fin, a young woman who gets the chance of a lifetime to go to Antarctica. Surrounded by the cruel beauty of the last great wilderness on earth, she finds herself transfixed by the power of the land. Travelling and living with a close-knit and idiosyncratic team, Fin learns the rules and taboos of community life in Antarctica, and then promptly breaks the strictest taboo of all - she falls in love. The consequences are shattering. Lyrical, haunting and sometimes painfully moving, Shiver is a first novel of great power and beauty.
—Philippe Duval, le 23 déc. 2000 (Le Parisien)
> Critiques Libres : http://www.critiqueslibres.com/i.php/vcrit/3244
> « Traversée », de Nikki GEMMELL. Une virée dans le bush australien et un raid dans les déserts glacés de l'Antarctique. Deux romans dépaysants nous emmènent jusqu'au bout du monde. Trad. par Michèle Valencia, 10-18, 224 p. (inédit)
—André Clavel, le 22 janv. 2000 (Le Temps)
> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Gemmell-Traversee/23649