Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life And Language In The Amazonian Jungle
ISBN:
9781846680403 (1846680409)
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Humanities,
Language,
Cultural,
Science,
Religion,
Anthropology,
Brazil
Fascinating book, part travel story, part anthropological and linguistic treatise. It's good for thinking.
This book has been on my TBR shelf on Goodreads for years, like literally for years. So not only am I very glad that I finally got around to reading it, but that I also found it extremely enjoyable! I put this book on my TBR because it hit all my buttons: travel memoir, the Amazon, native tribes, an...
As anyone who has had a conversation with me over the last week can attest to, I think this book, and especially the parts about the culture of the Piraha tribe in the Amazon rainforest is fascinating. The Piraha have frequent contact with neighboring tribes and Brazilians, traders, anthropologists,...
Several times while reading Everett's book I found myself wanting to find some corroborating sources about the Piraha people. I do not doubt Everett's account of the 30 years he spent living among the Pirahas in Brazil, but they seem like such a perfect embodiment of the philosophy of Diogenes that ...
My husband picked this one up and spent quite a bit of time telling me about the Pirahas and so I felt somewhat required to read it. Overall it is a very interesting book with lots of great stories about jungle life, funny anecdotes and life lessons. As a “pop” linguistic book, it is slightly educ...
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