Under the Mountain Wall

Peter Matthiessen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2003
Vintage (Verlag)
978-0-09-944865-5 (ISBN)

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In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea lived a Stone Age tribe which survived into the twentieth century - the Kurelu. This title offers an account of a lost culture - the Kurelu's timeless rhythms of work and play, of warriorship, feasting and funerals. It illuminates the lives of the Kurelu's, capturing a culture untouched by civilisation.

In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea lived a Stone Age tribe which survived into the twentieth century - the Kurelu. Matthiessen joined the Harvard-Peabody Expedition of 1961 which set out to study the tribe as unobtrusively as possible, living among the Kurelu for two seasons. The result was this classic account, not of the expedition but of a lost culture; the Kurelu's timeless rhythms of work and play, of warriorship, feasting and funerals. In "Under the Mountain Wall", Matthiessen illuminates the lives of the Kurelu's with respect and sympathy, capturing a culture untouched by civilisation and vanishing along with the wilderness lying beneath the dramatic peaks of the Snow Mountains.

Peter Matthiessen is a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations have resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among them The Snow Leopard, The Cloud Forest and The Tree where Man was Born.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.2003
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 196 mm
Gewicht	260 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Bildbände
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-09-944865-3 / 0099448653
ISBN-13	978-0-09-944865-5 / 9780099448655
Zustand	Neuware