In the film Into the Wild, Emile Hirsch keeps on reading a book at different times, such as night time. In some scenes, the cover of the book is slightly visible.
What was the book he was reading?
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You can spot him reading a few different books:
- Family happiness (Leo Tolstoy)
- The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
- Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
and, of course,
- Tanaina plantlore, Dena'ina k'et'una (Priscilla Russell Kari)
In the movie You can also see the entire book collection is carrying (at about minute 20), featuring:
- War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
- Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
- The Call of the Wild (Jack London) [that I already cited]
- White Fang (Jack London)
- Taras Bulba (Nicolai Gogol)
- Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
- The Spectator Bird (Stegner)
- Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak) [that I already cited]
- Family Happiness (Leo Tolstoy) [that I already cited]
According to the Krakauer's book, "Supertramp" was also carrying:
- Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
- Education of a Wandering Man (Louis L'Amour)
- Moon-Face (Jack London)
- Brown Wolf (Jack London)
- To Build a Fire (Jack London)
- Terminal Man (Michael Crichton)
- O Jersualem! (Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre)
Hope this helps.
