Where Hornbills Fly: A Journey With the Headhunters of Borneo - Couverture souple

Jensen, Erik

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780767749 ISBN 13 : 9781780767741

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2013

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'An engrossing study of 6 years spent among the Iban of Sarawak half a century ago, Where Hornbills Fly is a remarkable testament of a young man's devotion to a remote people, the Iban of Sarawak, and a wonderful fund of first-hand knowledge about a dying culture' (Colin Thubron)

'Fascinating and insightful, light-hearted and humorous, every page of this brilliantly-written book evokes the colours, sounds and even the smells of Sarawak in the 1950s. Every page glistens with the reality of a world gone by but needing to be remembered. It was a voyage of discovery for the author 50 years ago but anyone reading it today can only admire the diaries and memories which has enabled him to recreate so vivid a picture of a world no longer with us.' --(Sir Richard Jolly)

'Anyone who has travelled in Borneo will love Where Hornbills Fly... those who plan to go to Borneo will understand so much more of what is left if they read this before going.' --(Robin Hanbury-Tenison, Country Life)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Erik Jensen's impressive diplomatic career after Sarawak, which involved postings and missions around the world from New York and London to Bahrain, Pakistan and Bangladesh, East Timor, Nigeria, Chad and Western Sahara, culminated in his appointment as an Under Secretary-General of the United Nations. He holds degrees from Oxford and Harvard and honorary doctorates from Connecticut and Seoul and has been Senior Associate Member of St Antony's, Oxford, Visiting Fellow at the LSE and Warburg Professor in International Relations at Simmons College, Boston. He has contributed articles to The Times, The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph and written several books, including 'The Iban and their Religion' and 'Western Sahara, Anatomy of a Stalemate'. Erik Jensen was an original Fellow of the Borneo Research Council and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1780767749
• ISBN 13: 9781780767741
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304