EUPHORIA by Lily King . Fortune and Gregory Bateson. American Nell has already published a controversial best- seller about Samoan child- rearing while Australian Fen has published only a monograph on Dobu island sorcery. Their marriage is in trouble: Nell holds Fen responsible for her recent miscarriage; he resents her fame and financial success. Shortly after leaving the Mumbanyo tribe they have been studying (and which Nell has grown to abhor), they run into British anthropologist Bankson, who is researching another tribal village, the Nengai, along the Sepik River. Also deeply lonely, Bankson offers to find Nell and Fen an interesting tribe to study to keep them nearby. Lily King grew up in Massachusetts and received her B.A. Grove Press was founded on Grove Street in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1947. Euphoria by Lily King, 9781410472939, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Euphoria by Lily King - the colourful love life of Margaret Mead. To order Euphoria for Euphoria is a meticulously researched homage to Mead's restless mind and a considered portrait of Western anthropology in its. A powerful read In a book combining historical fact with fiction, Lily King weaves a powerful story of human relationships. The reader cannot help but compare the. Soon the couple is happily ensconced with the Tam, whose women surprise Nell with their assertiveness. While the attraction, both physical and intellectual, between Bankson and Nell is obvious, Fen also offers Bankson tender care, which threatens to go beyond friendship, when Bankson falls ill. At first, the three- way connection is uniting and stimulating. So do the differences between Fen. While Bankson increasingly shares Nell. King does not shy from showing the uncomfortable relationship among all three anthropologists and those they study. Particularly upsetting is the portrait of a Tam who returns. Anthropologist Margaret Mead visits with friends on a field trip to Bali, Indonesia, in 1957. Lily King's 'Euphoria' is based on Mead's work. Lily King’s novel “Euphoria,” inspired by the life of Margaret Mead, is about a love triangle in New Guinea.
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