Patrol Officer Alistair Cawdor's suicide triggers a colonial inquest in New Guinea. Five testifying witnesses reveal disturbing stories. First published in 1979, Visitants was informed by the author's time in the Trobriand Islands two decades earlier. It is one of the most potent examinations of Australian colonialism.
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. I want to die. I do not want to be mad.It is like my body is a house, and some visitor has come, and attacked the person who lived there.After an Australian patrol officer commits suicide on a remote New Guinea island in 1959, five witnesses are called to a government inquiry. Each has a disturbing story to tell: strand by strand, the mystery of the officers past is unravelled. But what of other visitants, like the unidentified flying object and the cargo cult it has inspired on the island? Informed by Randolph Stows experiences, Visitants is an original, astonishing investigation of colonialism. An investigation into a Patrol Officer's suicide in New Guinea leads to revelations about his secret past. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781925240276
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