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Against a Peacock Sky
by Monica Connell
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Viking Adult (1991-06-01)
ISBN: 0670834637
EAN: 9780670834631
Dewey Decimal #: 306.95496
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 224 pages
SKU: SMx00390
Condition: New
Comments: ** MINT CONDITION **, Jacket, edges show slight shelf wear! Excellent Copy! Fast Shipping. SM
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Product Description
In the high mountain valleys of Nepal tiny rural communities continue to eke out a living against a landscape at once harsh and magnificent. Ancient traditions endure, changing little from generation to generation. For these people the valley in which they live defines the extent of their known world. The author lived for two years in such a village. During that time she witnessed at first hand the villagers' way of life, learning from them how to tend sheep and cattle, plant and harvest rice, gather pine needles, find the first strawberries. As an anthropologist, she viewed her companions with as few preconceptions as possible. "Against a Peacock Sky" is the story of her friendships and adventures.
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Customer Reviews
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Against a Peacock Sky
Rating  (5)
Date: 2001-09-20
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
The story of a chapter in the life of a person who is open to her whole environment. Without pre-conceptions to project at the local Nepalese villagers, where she lived during this story, she was welcomed by a community. She was drawn into the heart of their households to stir interesting foods around the fire. The ceremonies are described with clear articulation and a both academic and spiritual understanding. For Monica Connell flew to Nepal an anthropologist and returned years later, a phyilosopher.
This book was republished in German in summer, 2001.
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