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Linda LeBlanc

Teoksen Beyond the Summit tekijä

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Includes the name: Linda J. LeBlanc

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Free on Kindle. Spoilers are Here. This was readable. The story tells of a woman who wants to write about the Sherpas. She goes to Nepal with her fiance, but then she stays after he leaves, and she falls in love with a sherpa. There is lots about racism towards the Sherpas; and there is lots about the conflict between old & new ways among the Sherpas. The author gives the father of the hero mystical powers to know when his son is in trouble -- or maybe he just guesses right -- which of course is stereotyping. I'm not sure the story or the human feelings ring completely true. The Sherpa hero has always been told it is his destiny to be like Tenzing, and so he tries to climb Everest with a partner who isn't up to it & ends up dying to save the other's life.… (lisätietoja)
 
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franoscar | Apr 20, 2012 |

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Teokset
6
Jäseniä
31
Suosituimmuussija
#440,253
Arvio (tähdet)
2.9
Kirja-arvosteluja
1
ISBN:t
4
Kielet
1