Shabono

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ShAm
"A rare and teautiful took [tkat] illuminates tke world of tke Yanomama Indians oí Soutk America. Donner's prose carries tke reader witk ker on ker journey. Ske paints kreatktaking word pictures of tke elusive jungle ligkt, captures tke moods and feelings, tke sigkts and sounds of tke native village, and most astoniskingly, conveys tke sense oí mystery and power still to ke found in ritual."
—GLORIA LEVITAS, department of antkropology, Queens College
"\Shabono^ well-crafted images of tke rkytk ms oí life among gentle 'primitives' are indelikle." —NewsJay
"if Margaret Mead and Carlos Castaneda kad collakorated, tkey mi gktk ave produced sometking like \Sltabono\ It is crammed witk adventure, atmo-spkere, and action." —The Chattanooga Times
"Since everytking Donner descrikes is rare—food, language, people—kyperkole is kard to resist. And, as Donner convincingly gives tke lie to tke mytk oí primitive savages, tke Iticoteri tkemselves are kard to resist." —Kirkus Reviews... Tovább

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ShAm
"A rare and teautiful took [tkat] illuminates tke world of tke Yanomama Indians oí Soutk America. Donner's prose carries tke reader witk ker on ker journey. Ske paints kreatktaking word pictures of tke elusive jungle ligkt, captures tke moods and feelings, tke sigkts and sounds of tke native village, and most astoniskingly, conveys tke sense oí mystery and power still to ke found in ritual."
—GLORIA LEVITAS, department of antkropology, Queens College
"\Shabono^ well-crafted images of tke rkytk ms oí life among gentle 'primitives' are indelikle." —NewsJay
"if Margaret Mead and Carlos Castaneda kad collakorated, tkey mi gktk ave produced sometking like \Sltabono\ It is crammed witk adventure, atmo-spkere, and action." —The Chattanooga Times
"Since everytking Donner descrikes is rare—food, language, people—kyperkole is kard to resist. And, as Donner convincingly gives tke lie to tke mytk oí primitive savages, tke Iticoteri tkemselves are kard to resist." —Kirkus Reviews
"(Anl unusually keautiiul kook." —The charlotte Observer
Shabono—tke name for tke kamlets oí palm-tkatcked dwellings wkere tke Yanomama Indians of Venezuela and soutkem Brazil live—recounts tke vivid and unforgettakle experience of antkropologist Florinda Donner's time witk an indigenous trike in tke endangered rain forest. Shabono dramatically documents tke daily life and mysterious rituals oí a disappearing people.
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