by Heinrich Harrer · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401540523
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«Vengo de la edad de piedra» is a travel and adventure narrative by Heinrich Harrer, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
The author recounts his expedition to New Guinea, the vast tropical island whose frozen peaks seem inexplicable. To solve that mystery, he ventures into a little-explored and dangerous region, where he finds a primitive and fascinating world. The book combines travel writing with an anthropological chronicle of the peoples who inhabit the island and live on the margins of civilization.
The work was originally published in 1963 under the title «Ich komme aus der Steinzeit». It is the third title in the Travel and Adventure collection.
For readers curious about exploration, anthropology, and travel narratives to remote regions.
Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and an SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, the "last problem" of the Alps, in July 1938. Harrer and the team flew the Nazi flag atop the mountain. Harrer had joined the Nazi Party shortly after the annexation of Austria in March 1938, and was personally received by Hitler after the climb. A year later in 1939, he and the climbing team went on an expedition to the Indian Himalayas, where they were arrested by British colonial authorities due to the outbreak of World War II. He eventually escaped to Tibet, staying there until 1951. He is the author of two autobiographical books, Seven Years in Tibet (1952) and The White Spider (1959).
