Tibet: The Roof of the World [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa dura

In the Western imagination Tibet often seems an isolated fortress, outside of time, withdrawn behind the chain of the Himalayas. The author leads the reader through the maze of geographical, geological, mythical, historical, social, and religious details to portray everyday life in Tibet. In the drama of the country's current situation, Tibetan life is split by infinite contradictions where new social realities must be reconciled with ancient traditions, oracles still relay the voices of the mountain gods, and Buddhist monks strenuously defend their religion. Lavish photographs portray an incredible blend of tradition and modernity stretching from remote nomadic tents to the cyber cafes of Lhasa.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Maria Antonia Sironi Diemberger is a geologist, writer and translator. Having toured the world as a mountaineer, she has spent much of the past fifteen years on field studies in Tibet and Nepal.
Kurt Diemberger is a mountaineer, filmmaker, and photographer. He is the only person alive to have succeeded in climbing two 26,000-foot mountains at the first attempt: Broad Peak and Dhaulagiri. He lost his climbing companion, Julie Tullis, during a storm that cost the lives of four other climbers on K2.