The author tells stories about his international wandering. In
India he writes about his childhood and growing up in boarding
school. He experiences frustrations of a child living with a dorm
bully. His story "The Year I Became a Thief describes his humorous
rationale for his resulting strange thefts. In "Bears' Cave" he
describes a terrifying cave exploration with his older brother
where they almost lose their lives. Bergsma resided twelve years in
Nigeria. He made close friends with many of the traditional people
resulting from both his work and his hobby, hunting. "Fat Hearts"
is a story of Asema Kehe, his hunting companion for twelve years
and their many unusual experiences in the bush together. After
twenty five years apart, Bergsma returns to Nigeria and finds his
dying friend. In "The Salt Makers" he becomes lost on a hunt and
ends up in compound where six wild looking Utur tribesmen are
boiling something in a huge metal pot. Bergsma's attempt to solicit
assistance by using pantomime is a hilarious spoof of cross
cultural mis-understanding. While in Yemen Arab Republic, in "Sleep
Deprivation" he becomes involved with Russian spies and a noisy
amorous couple in a hotel room in Sana'a. In Belize he accompanies
a project student home. He stays overnight with the student in a
tiny stilt house above a swamp and becomes acquainted intimately
with "Sleep Apnea" when his partner dies a hundred times a night.
In Egypt, with his family, they descend ancient stone steps under a
pyramid. He discovers he has a serious case of 'tombaphobia' in
"Pharaoh's Tomb." His memoirs speak of the birth and rebirth of
ideas and beliefs over a lifetime; 'we are born in mystery, we live
in mystery and we die in mystery'.
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