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The Book of Puka-Puka is not about travel, it is about staying still. It is about living as a conspicuous stranger and slowly allowing yourself to become absorbed into the ways of an ancient, indigenous community. This book was not composed by a colonial administrator, a missionary or an anthropologist, but by a hedonistic South Sea trader. This young American fishes, picnics, swims, sleeps and falls in love but fortunately he also listens out for good stories.
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- PublisherEland Publishing
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1780601417
- ISBN 13 9781780601410
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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