It reminded me of the escapist stories of Jack London, to whom Braverman has been compared by Publisher’s Weekly. It is easy to become immersed in the landscape and the struggle for survival in which the characters find themselves. As a result, the novel has a strong sense of verisimilitude.
She is a dogsled racer and adventurer who has written extensively about survival in harsh environments. Since the crew abruptly vanishes without warning, they are left to speculate about what might have happened and whether they should stay where they are or attempt to hike out.īraverman is uniquely qualified to pen this tale she is writing about what she knows. The characters too are pared down to essentials they have to learn to get along and work together to be able to cope with the hostile, or rather indifferent, environment into which the show’s producer has cast them. Small Game is unpretentious from a literary standpoint the prose is straightforward and without refinements, but the lean style suits the story.
Then, inexplicably, the producer and photographers leave and don’t return, and Mara and her three teammates have to fend for themselves in a hostile environment. At first their only food consists of a few wild plants that Mara finds, while they lose weight and strength, and then they manage to catch a few fish. One of the five leaves almost immediately, but the others stick it out. If they manage it, they each win one hundred thousand dollars, which Mara sees as sufficient funds to escape from an unfulfilling relationship. Clad in lightweight uniforms, they are each given one tool, no food, and told they have to somehow live off the land for six weeks. Together with four other contestants, she is flown deep into the northern woods. She is approached by a casting team of a new reality show, Civilization.
It concerns a woman named Mara who teaches survival skills at a facility called Primal Instinct. Or did he? Now, Sarah and Blair talk about the McCandless archive and its legacy in conversations around wilderness, Alaska, violence, and more.This novel is fairly short, fast-paced, and very entertaining. In 1996, Jon Krakauer's book Into the Wild described a young man, Chris McCandless, who changed his name, walked into the Alaskan bush, and died after mistakenly eating a toxic plant. This week, survival correspondent Blair Braverman tells Sarah the story of a Supertramp.
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