
Antja Rávik Strubel - No More Snow
Ninety Kilometres of Musing on 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.
Skis have carved a trail leading from the depths of history to the extremes of the ninety-kilometre ‘Vasaloppet’, a legendary cross-country skiing race held in Sweden. Even experienced skiers like Antja Rávik Strubel take hours to complete it. Plenty of time to muse on her ‘skiing addiction’ and to reflect on various aspects of skiing. On solitude and peer pressure, expertise and fashion. On the fact that the first woman to wear trousers was a skier, and that Austrian cyclists invented the alpine skiing competition. On the disappearance of snow and the existential connection between skiing, writing and death.
Book details
Aus der Reihe „Unruhe bewahren“.104 pages
format:140 x 220
ISBN: 9783701736478
Release date: 06.10.2025
License rights
- World rights available