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Plot. In the late 1990s, Dr. Ronald Kubodera, a colleague of Nobel Laureate Dr. Abraham Norton Perina, mourns Norton's downfall after being convicted of sexually abusing his own children. Kubodera encourages Norton to write his memoirs from his prison isolation, and marks them with footnotes.
Aug 13, 2013 · The People in the Trees. Hanya Yanagihara. 3.74. 39,162 ratings5,664 reviews. In 1950, a young doctor called Norton Perina signs on with the anthropologist Paul Tallent for an expedition to the remote Micronesian island of Ivu'ivu in search of a rumored lost tribe.
Sep 27, 2013 · The novel examines issues of moral relativism, Western hubris, colonization and ecological disruption in the name of science as it charts the disappearance of the wondrous flora and fauna and the...
Aug 13, 2013 · A thrilling anthropological adventure story with a profound and tragic vision of what happens when cultures collide—from the bestselling author of National Book Award–nominated modern...
A thrilling anthropological adventure story with a profound and tragic vision of what happens when cultures collide—from the bestselling...
It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind.
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- Hanya Yanagihara
In 1950, Norton Perina, a young American doctor, joins an anthropological expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost...
The People In The Trees is an ambitious novel which imitates, in its structure as well as in its plot, The Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. The only difference is that the main character Norton is a doctor who, on a journey to a mysterious island stumble upon a tribe that seem to have attained immortality.
- Hanya Yanagihara
Jun 14, 2018 · It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest...
Jul 12, 2018 · It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind.
- Hanya Yanagihara
