Tristes Tropiques by Levi-Strauss Claude
During his life Claude Levi-Strauss travelled from wartime France to the Amazon basin and the dense upland jungles of Brazil, where he found 'human society reduced to its most basic expression'. This book details personal and cultural loss, connecting disparate fields of thought.
A magical masterpiece -- Robert Ardrey
One of the great books of our century.. It speaks with a human voice -- Susan Sontag
One of the great books of our century.. It speaks with a human voice -- Susan Sontag
Claude Levi-Strauss was born in 1908 and died in 2009. He is the founder of modern anthropology and taught in France, Brazil and at the New School in New York before being appointed to the Chair of Social Anthropology at the College de France in 1959. His other boks include Structural Anthropology, Totemism and The Savage Mind.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141197548 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141197544 |
| Title | Tristes Tropiques |
| Author | Claude Lévi-Strauss |
| Series | Penguin Modern Classics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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