Un inglés cae de un risco en el Himalaya, y yace inerte sobre una cornisa. Dos sherpas se arrodillan al borde del abismo, permanecen allí, intercambian algunas palabras a la espera de que el hombre se mueva, o de que llegue el momento del descenso. En esos minutos, el universo se abre sobre el Monte Everst: hacia un pueblo soleado en otro continente, hacia el pasado, hacia las páginas de Julio César, hacia una oficina municipal... Montañismo, expansión colonial, botánica, arte, geología, en la fluida prosa de An Englishman has fallen from a ridge in Nepal. His guides kneel at the edge, exchanging the odd word, waiting for him to move. They must make a decision to descend. In those minutes, Two Sherpas expands dizzyingly to encompass Mount Everest's place in the imagination of imperialists, Nazis and others; ambition, exploration and exploitation; a mysterious encounter in a beach resort in a distant land; a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and so much more. Perched on that rocky ledge, each breath is crystalline, and the whole world is visible from here.
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