A plot inspired by a true story for a woman who provided us a peek into the life of indigenous people of Papua New Guinea and the human emotions at their best even while facing so many adversities in life.
Three anthropologists who embarked on separate missions somehow ended up together on a journey that they would not have planned to go this way. The female protagonist who believed in the true spirit of humans, her husband who was chasing only glory and a stranger who was searching for meaning of life itself, all brought in circumstances that would challenge their basic human instincts to survive emotionally and physically.
A journey that started in the search of knowledge ends in a bitter place where none is winner. Because as said in The Bhagavad Gita,
"For the senses wander, and when one lets the mind follow them, it carries wisdom away like a windblown ship on the waters."
And that's how those three end up at their destinies as we finish reading this book. A 288 pages book that explores the human mind intricacies and takes us on an amazing stroll through the muddy trails of islands in Papau New Guinea.
Quotes from the book
"“You don’t realize how language actually interferes with communication until you don’t have it, how it gets in the way like an over dominant sense.”
“I've always been able to see the savageness beneath the veneer of society. It's not so very far beneath the surface, no matter where you go.”
“The truth you find will always be replaced by someone else’s.”
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