175 pp. Thirty-one expatriate women tell us of their experiences of Papua New Guinea. Their voices are as diverse as the encounters they describe; their stories span the time between 1930 and 1990; together their responses challenge commonly held views of the expatriate condition. 'Readers will be drawn to share with the writers their exhilaration, dismay, guilt, fear, excitement, love lives, awe of landscape and sense of isolation - geographical and emotional - as they come to terms with life in Papua New Guinea. They will encounter birth, death, cargo cults, wilful and worthy servants, and discover unusual approaches to bridges that must be crossed…'. N° de réf. du vendeur 0522845630AMA090615

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Titre : Our Time But Not Our Place: Voices of ...

Éditeur : Melbourne University Press

Date d'édition : 1993

Reliure : Soft cover

Etat : Very Good

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