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 Sebastián Martínez Daniell's effortless prose each breath is crystalline, and the whole world is visible from here.
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- Authors:
- Martinez Daniell, Sebastian
- Year Published:
- 2023
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781913867416
- Number of Pages:
- 271
- Publication Date:
- 28/02/2023
- Publisher:
- Charco Press
- Illustrations Note:
- Not illustrated
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781913867416