Description
Told from alternating points of view, Jonno and James tell the story of their journeyfrom home to Lima, through Huarez and ultimately to the peak of Casharaju in theCordillera Huayhuash mountain range in Peru. The narrative is interceptedby occasional vignettes from people they meet along the way, who provide a birdseye view of their developing relationship and of the cultural context of Peru itself.Written almost in the form of diary entries, the reader is party to the innermostthoughts of each character, with the surrounding dialogue showing what is being leftunsaid between them.Together, in body if not in mind, Jonno and James ascend the Casharaju peak untilthe adventure hits disaster and Jonno has to step up and take the lead to try and savehis father.This coming of age book attempts to deal with themes of the father-son dynamic,what it means to be a man, life in a developing country, women’s rights, being anoutsider, the problematic way in how we are perceived by others, what is personaltruth and what it ultimately means to be successful.
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