Dschungelkind

Title Dschungelkind
Author Sabine Kuegler
Publication Knaur
Size 345p
Language GER GER
ISBN 9783426781494
Topics Jungles--Indonesia
Fayu (Indonesian people)
Papua (Indonesia)--Social life and customs
Memoirs
Biography--Women
Biography--Travellers
Kuegler, Sabine (German author, 1972-)
Books adapted into a film or play
Notes Sabine Kuegler's childhood was far from typical. The child of German linguists and missionaries, she spent her youth living among the Fayu tribe in the most remote jungles of West Papua, Indonesia. There, as her family struggled for acceptance among the tightly knit and fiercely loyal community, Sabine spent her time swimming with crocodiles, shooting poisonous spiders with arrows, and chewing on pieces of bat-wing in place of gum. And she was happy. It wasn't until her world was upended at the age of 17 that Sabine experienced true fear for the first time: she was sent off to a boarding school in Switzerland and forced to confront the culture clash of modern Western society--giving her plenty of reason to be afraid. This is her remarkable true story.--From publisher description.
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