{"product_id":"9780674292130-falling-sky-2e","title":"The Falling Sky","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWords of a Yanomami Shaman\u003cbr\u003eAnthropologist Bruce Albert captures the poetic voice of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami of the Brazilian Amazon, in this unique reading experience—a coming-of-age story, historical account, and shamanic philosophy, but most of all an impassioned plea to respect native rights and preserve the Amazon rainforest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 10th anniversary edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book about Deforestation\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTaipei Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A perfectly grounded account of what it is like to live an indigenous life in communion with one’s personal spirits. We are losing worlds upon worlds.”\u003cbr\u003e—Louise Erdrich, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Yanomami of the Amazon, like all the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Australia, have experienced the end of what was once their world. Yet they have survived and somehow succeeded in making sense of a wounded existence. They have a lot to teach us.”\u003cbr\u003e—Amitav Ghosh, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A literary treasure…a must for anyone who wants to understand more of the diverse beauty and wonder of existence.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA now classic account of the life and thought of Davi Kopenawa, shaman and spokesman for the Yanomami, \u003ci\u003eThe Falling Sky\u003c\/i\u003e paints an unforgettable picture of an indigenous culture living in harmony with the Amazon forest and its creatures, and its devastating encounter with the global mining industry. In richly evocative language, Kopenawa recounts his initiation as a shaman and first experience of outsiders: missionaries, cattle ranchers, government officials, and gold prospectors seeking to extract the riches of the Amazon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA coming-of-age story entwined with a rare first-person articulation of shamanic philosophy, this impassioned plea to respect indigenous peoples’ rights is a powerful rebuke to the accelerating depredation of the Amazon and other natural treasures threatened by climate change and development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40743269335137,"sku":"9780674292130","price":24.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26726330.jpg?v=1721965361","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674292130-falling-sky-2e","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}