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

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

Don Kulick

288 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

As a young anthropologist, Don Kulick went to the tiny village of Gapun in New Guinea to document the death of the native language, Tayap. He arrived knowing that you can’t study a language without understanding the daily lives of the people who s...

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reflective 91%
informative 83%
adventurous 25%
sad 25%
challenging 16%
funny 16%
inspiring 16%
emotional 8%

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slow 23%

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