Two Sherpas
Sebastián Martínez Daniell$14.41
$16.95
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Charco Press
Published: 02/28/2023
ISBN: 9781913867416
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/21/2022