A daring, spellbinding tale of anthropologists, missionaries, demon possession, sexual taboos, murder, and an obsessed young reporter named Mischa Berlinski.When his girlfriend takes a job as a schoolteacher in northern Thailand, Mischa Berlinski goes along for the ride, working as little as possible for one of Thailand's English-language newspapers. One evening a fellow expatriate tips him off to a story. A charismatic American anthropologist, Martiya van der Leun, has been found dead--a suicide--in the Thai prison where she was serving a fifty-year sentence for murder. Motivated first by simple curiosity, then by deeper and more mysterious feelings, Mischa searches relentlessly to discover the details of Martiya's crime. His search leads him to the origins of modern anthropology--and into the family history of Martiya's victim, a brilliant young missionary whose grandparents left Oklahoma to preach the Word in the 1920s and never went back. Finally, Mischa's obsession takes him into the world of the Thai hill tribes, whose way of life becomes a battleground for two competing, and utterly American, ways of looking at the world. Vivid, passionate, funny, deeply researched, and page-turningly plotted, Fieldwork is a novel about fascination and taboo--scientific, religious, and sexual. It announces an assured and captivating voice in American fiction. A National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.
Produtos relacionados
-
Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork-..R$ 1.660,00até 4x de R$ 415,00 sem jurosou R$ 1.577,00 via Pix -
Linguistic Fieldwork: A Practical Guide-..R$ 912,92até 4x de R$ 228,23 sem jurosou R$ 867,27 via Pix -
Linguistic Fieldwork: A Practical Guide-..R$ 912,92até 4x de R$ 228,23 sem jurosou R$ 867,27 via Pix
Categorias
Conteúdo
Sobre a loja
Myre Livraria, sua livraria online especializada em importação e revenda de livros nacionais e internacionais. Oferecemos uma vasta seleção de materiais didáticos de alta qualidade para aprender inglês, espanhol, francês, alemão e muito mais. Aproveite preços competitivos e entrega rápida em todo o Brasil
Pague com
Selos
Myre Editora Ltda. - CNPJ: 50.295.718/0001-20 © Todos os direitos reservados. 2026
