Cover of La Pell Freda

La Pell Freda

  • 2002 first published
  • 246 pages
  • ★ 3.7 (3 ratings)
  • 21 editions

La Pell Freda is a 2002 horror and adventure fiction novel by Albert Sánchez Piñol. Much of the action takes place in Antarctica and Antárctica. Readers will find themes of Solitude and castaways.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 24 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 21 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 246 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

About La Pell Freda

On the edge of the Antarctic Circle, in the years after World War One, a steamship approaches a desolate island, far from all shipping lanes. On board is a young man on his way to assume the post of weather observer, to live in solitude for a year at the end of the earth. But on shore he finds no trace of the man whom he has been sent to replace, instead just a deranged castaway who has witnessed a horror he refuses to name. The rest is woods, a deserted cabin, rocks, silence, and the surrounding sea. Then night begins to fall.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Solitude
  • Castaways
  • Adventure stories
  • Horror tales
  • Horror
  • Contemporary fantasy
  • Antarctica
  • Action & adventure
  • Suspense

Quick answers

Who wrote La Pell Freda?

La Pell Freda was written by Albert Sánchez Piñol and first published in 2002.

What genre is La Pell Freda?

It is usually shelved as Horror and Adventure.

How long is La Pell Freda?

The median edition has 246 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to La Pell Freda?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, At the Mountains of Madness and City of Bones.

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