A Very Far Place: Tales of Tawi-Tawi

by H. Arlo Nimmo

In the mid-1960s, H. Arlo Nimmo conducted two years of anthropological field research in the Tawi-Tawi Islands of southern Philippines among the nomadic boat-dwelling Sama Dilaut. A Very Far Place was inspired by some of the people, places, and events he encountered during those years.

In this collection, we read about an American man searching for a father he never knew, a Filipino man seeking beauty and comfort denied him in Manila, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9715506577
• ISBN13: 9789715506571
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Ateneo de Manila Univ Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 6.9"