Antja Rávik Strubel - No snow, nevermore
Ninety kilometres of speculation about skiing, writing and death
Skis are humanity’s oldest form of transport, and as snow becomes increasingly scarce, we are losing far more than a winter sport: a whole world of language and an existential experience are disappearing along with it.
From the depths of history, ski tracks lead all the way to the extreme challenge of the 90 km Vasaloppet — a legendary cross-country skiing race held in Sweden. Even experienced skiers like Antje Rávik Strubel take hours to complete it — plenty of time to reflect on her ‘skiing suffering’ and the different facets of skiing — on loneliness and peer pressure, expertise, and fashion, on the fact that the first woman in trousers was a skier, and Austrian cyclists invented alpine ski racing. On the disappearance of snow — and the existential connection between skiing, writing, and death.
Book details
From the series "Unruhe bewahren"104 pages
format:140 x 220
ISBN: 9783701736478
Release date: 06.10.2025
License rights
- World rights available