A voyage of discovery into the life of a remote aboriginal community in the Siberian Arctic, where the reindeer has been a part of daily life since Palaeolithic times. / Filled with anecdotes and stories, the book not only brings to life one vast but obscure corner of the planet -- but also leaves some magical impressions in the reader's mind. / Direct comparisons would be Barry Lopez ARCTIC DREAMS, Bruce Chatwin SONGLINES, Hugh Brody THE OTHER SIDE OF EDEN.
Piers Vitebsky is a noted anthropologist and deputy director (and Head of Social Sciences and Russian Studies) at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University. An acknowledged expert on Shamanism, he has spent much of the last decade and more living amongst the Eveny people in Siberia. His previous books include Dialogues with the Dead (Cambridge) and The Shaman (Macmillan).
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