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A Place Beyond: Finding Home in Arctic Alaska
by Nick Jans
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books (1996-09)
ISBN: 0882404776
EAN: 9780882404776
Dewy Decimal #: 979.86
Hardcover: 189 pages
SKU: H6401
Condition: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This powerful book blends the rhythms of daily arctic life with high adventure. "Jans's writing is a pleasure," said the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
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Customer Reviews
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A review from the Northwest Borough of Alaska
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-12-27
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a must-read for anyone planning to spend time in Alaska. Jans captures the norms, customs and ways of the people in the Northwest Arctic region. This was one of my very first books when contemplating moving to Alaska. And I recently re-read the books and realized exactly how much I had missed the first time through. It has been almost two years since returning to the Arctic and I cannot believe the everyday life he captures! Read this for all it is worth and extract all you can from his words.
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Like Most Sequels........
Rating  (1)
Date: 2002-03-21
0 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
My extremely low ranking is not for this book as a stand alone, its in comparison to his first, 'Last Light Breaking', which was a masterpiece. I would equate these two books with Tarantinos two films, 'Pulp Fiction' & 'Jackie Brown', the first also being a masterpiece, but the second leaving you wanting. Not that 'Jackie Brown' or 'A Place Beyond' are wastes of time, its just that compared to what came before, and the fact that they are basically the same subject matter, you expect that level of art and when you dont get it youre dissapointed as I was with this book. If youve already read 'Last Light', and still want a good book on the "Alaska Experience", im reading his latest now and let you know how it is when I finish. But if you havent read 'Last Light Breaking' and are looking for a book in this genre, waste no time in buying it, its truly an amazing book. ...
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After reading The Last Light Breaking, I was hungry for more.
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-10-20
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
A Place Beyond didn't disappoint. Jans writing style isbeautiful, simple, and eloquent. There are few authors who can weavethe reader into the story. Through all of Jans adventures, I was right there with him riding shotgun. The most underated and under publicized book(s) about Alaska. A must read!
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Excellent writer
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-09-13
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Nick Jans is an extremely gifted writer. I first read one of his essays in the Reader's Digest, and I was so impressed, I just had to read the rest of the book. His straightforward clarity, use of metaphor and intriguing observations make the Alaskan wilderness come to life. I personally would never want to live in Alaska, but I thoroughly enjoyed experiencing a bit of Alaska by reading this book.
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A bit of a dissapointment.
Rating  (2)
Date: 1999-09-03
3 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Nick Jans has done what I did not think he could (would) do - dissapoint. Much of "A Place Beyond" is actually "Last Light Breaking". I was truly let down when I turned to a new chapter, only to discover that it wasn't new! I must say that his writing is superb - vivid, usually modest, captivating. If, however, I wanted a second helping of "Last Light Breaking", I could have simply grabbed my old copy. No matter how good his writing is, if he can't find the time to write enough essays for a new book, then why publish one?!
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