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.
Publisher: Charco PressISBN: 9781913867416Number of pages: 271Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"Daniell reveals a fascinating universe in scintillating prose,precisely translated by Croft....It's a stunner." -Publishers Weekly,starred review
"An ambitiously inventive,profoundly intelligent trek through highly personal experiences of lingering imperialism." -Kirkus,starred review
"Brilliantly tangential...this book becomes a viewpoint from which we can see the whole world." -The Observer
"Daniell uses a neat cast of characters,a sprinkling of sub-tales and a touch of comedy to create a story far broader than the reader might expect,an acerbic dissection of a tired world order and personal history of two very different individuals." -Lunate
"Two Sherpas is sheer brilliance,a book that had me hooked in anticipation from its opening pages. It's a wake up call." -Word by Word
Praise for Sebastián Martínez Daniell
"Daniell reveals a fascinating universe in scintillating prose,precisely translated by Croft....It's a stunner." -Publishers Weekly,starred review
"An ambitiously inventive,profoundly intelligent trek through highly personal experiences of lingering imperialism." -Kirkus,starred review
"Brilliantly tangential...this book becomes a viewpoint from which we can see the whole world." -The Observer
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