Greg Mortenson

Written by a mountaineer who in 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, drifted cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. It tells how moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school. It tells the story of that promise and its outcome.

V roce 1993 se horolezec Greg Mortenson ocitl po neúspěšném pokusu zdolat vrchol K2 na chudém pákistánském venkově v pohoří Karakoram. Dobrosrdečnost místních obyvatel ho dojala natolik, že přislíbil vrátit se zpět a postavit zde školu. Tři šálky čaje je příběh o tomto slibu a neuvěřitelných výsledcích, kterých se podařilo dosáhnout. Za více než deset let postavil Mortenson na tomto nebezpečném území, kde se zrodil Tálibán, ne jednu ale pětapadesát škol, navštěvovaných převážně dívkami. Jeho příběh plný ohromující odvahy se stal testamentem síly lidskosti.

Here we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything - even die' - Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakora m mountains, Pakistan. In 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, a mountaineer called Greg Mortenson drifted, cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. Moved by the inhabitants' kindn ess, he promised to return and build a school. "Three Cups of Tea" is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome. Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools - especially for girls - in remote villages across the forbidding and breathtaking landscape of Pakistan and Afghanistan, just as the Taliban rose to power. His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit.

In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan aft er a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban. He shares for the first time his broader vision to promote peace through education and literacy, as well as touching on military matters, Islam, and women - all woven together with the many rich personal stories of the peop le who have been involved in this remarkable two-decade humanitarian effort.

Trois tasses de thé : La mission de paix d'un Américain au Pakistan et en Afghanistan