This work is set deep in the Peruvian Andes, where five ill-prepared
travellers - men and women with different values, temperaments and motives -
find themselves trekking through one of the most exacting and beautiful regions
on Earth.To the Last City is set deep in the Peruvian Andes, where five ill-prepared
travellers - men and women with different values, temperaments and motives -
find themselves trekking through one of the most exacting and beautiful regions
on earth. It is a journey which may temper or destroy them. They confront not
only their relationships with one another, but also the enigmas of the
country's past, the dangers of its present, and the limitations of their own
minds and bodies. The 'lost city' of their destination is Vilcabamba, last
refuge of the Inca against the Spaniards, subsumed by jungle for four hundred
years. In this brilliant exploration of the psychological challenges of
travelling, set within the exotic jungle of South America, Colin Thubron for
the first time joins his highly acclaimed talents as a travel writer with his
gifts as a novelist.
