The Laughing Silence A NOVEL OF MEMORY AND THE MOUNTINS: A Fictional Chronicle of Kuru and the Last Memory of the Forest - Couverture souple

NASIF, ALEX

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ISBN 13 : 9798248147052

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

In the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, the forest remembers everything.

When a young anthropologist and a neuropathologist arrive in a secluded village, they are drawn into a mystery that defies both science and belief. Women begin to laugh without reason. Children stumble as if the ground itself has shifted. And beneath the beauty of ancient ritual lies a disease that spreads not through hatred — but through love.

Kuru.

A neurological illness whispered about in medical journals and feared in village stories. Known to the Fore people as the trembling sickness, it begins with laughter and ends in silence. But what if the very act meant to preserve memory is the source of destruction?

As cultures collide and truth unfolds, The Laughing Silence explores a devastating question:

What happens when devotion becomes deadly?

Blending historical inspiration with emotional depth, this haunting literary novel follows a community forced to choose between survival and identity, between science and sacred tradition, between memory and the future.

Atmospheric, thought-provoking, and quietly unsettling, this is a story about disease, dignity, and the fragile line between honoring the past and escaping it.

Some diseases whisper.
This one laughs.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798248147052
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 99
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