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The Last Whalers - The Life of an Endangered Tribe in a Land Left Behind (Hardcover)
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The Last Whalers - The Life of an Endangered Tribe in a Land Left Behind (Hardcover)
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'Remarkable... a rich, novelistic account based on diligent
reporting ... An empathetic, even intimate account, but not a
dewy-eyed one ... Wonderful' Daily Telegraph 'I absolutely loved
this magnificent book' Sebastian Junger 'A monumental achievement'
Mitchell Zuckoff '[An] immersive, densely reported and altogether
remarkable first book ... The Last Whalers has the texture and
colouring of a first-rate novel' New York Times At a time when
global change has eradicated thousands of unique cultures, The Last
Whalers tells the stunning inside story of the Lamalerans, an
ancient tribe of 1,500 hunter-gatherers who live on a volcanic
island so remote it is known by other Indonesians as "The Land Left
Behind." They have survived for centuries by taking whales with
bamboo harpoons, but now are being pushed toward collapse by the
encroachment of the modern world. Award-winning journalist Doug
Bock Clark, who lived with the Lamalerans across three years,
weaves together their stories with novelistic flair to usher us
inside this hidden drama. Jon, an orphaned apprentice whaler,
strives to earn his harpoon and feed his ailing grandparents. Ika,
Jon's indomitable younger sister, struggles to forge a modern life
in a tradition-bound culture and realize a star-crossed love.
Ignatius, a legendary harpooner entering retirement, labors to hand
down the Ways of the Ancestors to his son, Ben, who would rather
become a DJ in the distant tourist mecca of Bali. With brilliant,
breathtaking prose and empathetic, fast-paced storytelling, Clark
details how the fragile dreams of one of the world's dwindling
indigenous peoples are colliding with the irresistible upheavals of
our rapidly transforming world, and delivers to us a group of
families we will never forget.
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