Mount Everest, and all it means to royalty, explorers, imperialists, and two sherpas, perched on a cliffside, waiting for a man on the ledge below to move.
A British climber has fallen from a cliffside in Nepal, and lies inert on a ledge below. Two sherpas kneel at the edge, stand, exchange the odd word, waiting for him to move, to make a decision, to descend. In those minutes, the world opens up to Kathmandu, a sun-bleached beach town on another continent, and the pages of Julius Caesar. Mountaineering, colonialism, obligation–in Sebasti疣 Mart?ez Daniell’s effortless prose each breath is crystalline, and the whole world is visible from here.
Author: Sebastián Martínez Daniell
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Charco Press
Published: 02/28/2023
Pages: 271
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 5.10h x 7.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781913867416
Language: English
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