Austen in August: Guest Post and Giveaway at Roof.Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft by Thor Hey.Overall, an excellent read, and I'm counting it as my Non-fiction Classic for the Back to the Classics Challenge.
2014-books-readanthropologyart-and-artists. If you happen to come across another sad copy somewhere rescue it immediately. The film was mainly shot on the island of Malta. Erik Hesselberg wrote and drew this amusing and simplified version of the Kon Tiki expedition presumably chiefly for his young daughter to be able to read. I haven't seen either of the film versions yet but the library owns both so I hope to watch one or both of them soon. Kon-Tiki is a 2012 historical drama film directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. It was also made into an award-winning documentary film, and in 2012, made into a fiction version of the film which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. Heyerdahl, along with five other crewmen, set. My guess was that it really captured the public imagination - it's a pretty amazing feat. This Academy Award-winning documentary follows Norwegian explorer, filmmaker and writer Thor Heyerdahl on his highly publicized 1947 sea expedition.
My book group mostly liked it, though we did wonder why it was such a huge publishing phenomenon. I did a little research afterward, and this book has sold more than 20 million copies and has been translated into many different languages. I also wish the book had gone into a little more detail about life on the boat - how did everyone get along for 101 days, stuck on a boat in the middle of nowhere - literally? I liked most of it though there was a part in the middle where Heyerdahl explains the history of Easter Island which I found a little dry and mostly skimmed. I was surprised at what a fascinating, quick read this book was. Whale sharks can get up to 40 feet long, almost as long as the Kon-Tiki raft.
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