Into the Dizzying Heights is the story of a great love, an unusual triangle and an enigmatic, solitary climber, Irena Besikova. It is also the tale of the confrontation of untamed nature and urban civilisation. The two vocations are incompatible, particularly when they are idealistic and extreme. Written in an elegant, intense prose, Into the Dizzying Heights is a romantic novel and an adventure story, a homage to the high peaks in which fictional characters,brought their by irresistible impulses, mixed with real-life climbers. Intense and elegant, set in the fascinating world of the high peaks, Into the Dizzying Heights is a splendid, impressive, imposing novel work.