ISBN:
9780802122551
Language:
English
Pages:
261 S.
,
1 Kt.
,
22 cm
DDC:
813/.54
Keywords:
Anthropologists Fiction
;
Nineteen thirties Fiction
;
Married people Fiction
;
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Fiction
;
Anthropologists Fiction
;
New Guinea
;
Nineteen thirties Fiction
;
Married people Fiction
;
Man-woman relationships Fiction
;
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Fiction
;
Anthropologists
;
Man-woman relationships
;
Married people
;
Nineteen thirties
;
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
;
Literatur
;
New Guinea Fiction
;
New Guinea Fiction
;
New Guinea
;
Fiction
;
Historical fiction
;
Neuguinea
;
Neuguinea
;
Literatur
Abstract:
"English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field for several years, studying a tribe on the Sepik River in the Territory of New Guinea with little success. Increasingly frustrated and isolated by his research, Bankson is on the verge of suicide when he encounters the famous and controversial Nell Stone and her wry, mercurial Australian husband Fen. Bankson is enthralled by the magnetic couple whose eager attentions pull him back from the brink of despair. Nell and Fen have their own reasons for befriending Bankson. Emotionally and physically raw from studying the bloodthirsty Mumbanyo tribe, the couple is hungry for a new discovery. But when Bankson leads them to the artistic, female-dominated Tam, he ignites an intellectual and emotional firestorm between the three of them that burns out of anyone's control."--Dust jacket
Abstract:
From New England Book Award winner Lily King comes a breathtaking novel about three young anthropologists of the '30's caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and, ultimately, their lives.English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the Territory of New Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly frustrated and isolated by his research, Bankson is on the verge of suicide when a chance encounter with colleagues, the controversial Nell Stone and her wry and mercurial Australian husband Fen, pulls him back from the brink. Nell and Fen have just fled the bloodthirsty Mumbanyo and, in spite of Nell's poor health, are hungry for a new discovery. When Bankson finds them a new tribe nearby, the artistic, female-dominated Tam, he ignites an intellectual and romantic firestorm between the three of them that burns out of anyone's control. Set between two World Wars and inspired by events in the life of revolutionary anthropologist Margaret Mead, "Euphoria" is an enthralling story of passion, possession, exploration, and sacrifice from accomplished author Lily King.
Note:
Map on end papers
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1516/2015295398-s.html
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