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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.

The Book of Puka-Puka

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Paperback / softback by Robert Dean Frisbie , Anthony Weller

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    Publisher: Eland Publishing Ltd
    Publication Date: 13/06/2019
    ISBN13: 9781780601410, 978-1780601410
    ISBN10: 1780601417

    Number of Pages: 224

    Non Fiction , Travel & Transport

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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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