A Death in the Rainforest: How a Language and a Way of Life Came to an End in Papua New Guinea

by Don Kulick

Book Overview

"Perhaps the finest and most profound account of ethnographic fieldwork and discovery that has ever entered the anthropological literature."
--The Wall Street Journal

"If you want to experience a profoundly different culture without the exhausting travel (to say nothing of the cost), this is an excellent choice."
--The Washington Post As a young anthropologist, Don Kulick went to the tiny village of Gapun in New...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616209046
• ISBN13: 9781616209049
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 8.3"