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Four Corners Kira Salak

Four Corners By Kira Salak

Four Corners by Kira Salak


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Summary

British explorer Ivan Champion was the first person to successfully cross the island of Papua New Guinea in 1927. But Kira Salak is motivated by something much deeper than simply wanting to be the first woman to make such a crossing.

Four Corners Summary

Four Corners by Kira Salak

Following the route taken by British explorer Ivan Champion in 1927, and amid the breathtaking landscapes and wildlife, Salak travelled across this remote Pacific island - often called the last frontier of adventure travel - by dugout canoe and on foot. Along the way, she stayed in a village where cannibalism was still practised behind the backs of the missionaries, met the leader of the OPM, the separatist guerrilla movement opposing the Indonesian occupation of Western New Guinea, and undertook an epic trek through the jungle. Four Corners is also an exploration of the author's dysfunctional family past and the demons that drove her to experience situations that most of us can barely imagine.

About Kira Salak

Kira Salak Kira Salak was awarded the Writers at Work Fellowship and the AWP/Prague Fellowship for non-fiction. On a break from her travels, she is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Missouri, Columbia while she plans her next trip to Mongolia. FOUR CORNERS is her first book.

Additional information

GOR001667682
9780553815504
0553815504
Four Corners by Kira Salak
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Transworld Publishers Ltd
20030602
384
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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