Memoir
Science
Nature
2008
Don't sleep, there are snakes by Daniel Leonard Everett
Published in Spanish as No duermas, hay serpientes : vida y lenguaje en la Amazonia
This work offers a riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Everett while he lived with the Piraha, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians of central Brazil.
What it is
It's a memoir · full of big ideas
How it feels
Reading sheet
How it's told
- Form
- Memoir
- Who tells it
- First person
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you like a book that makes you think
- you read to be somewhere else
- you want something big, with room to breathe
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