Euphoria

Inspired by the true story of a woman who changed the way we understand our world.In 1933 three young, gifted anthropologists are thrown together in the jungle of New Guinea They are Nell Stone, fascinating, magnetic and famous for her controversial work studying South Pacific tribes, her intelligent and aggressive husband Fen, and Andrew Bankson, who stumbles into the lives of this strange couple and becomes totally enthralled Within months the trio are producing their best ever work, but soon a firestorm of fierce love and jealousy begins to burn out of control, threatening their bonds, their careers, and, ultimately, their lives Free Download [ Euphoria ] by [ Lily King ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Three anthropologists form a circumstantial friendship in the 1930s while studying tribes in Papua, New Guinea American Nell Stone who is inspired by Margaret Mead already has a best selling book on natives of the Solomon Islands Nell s Australian husband, Fen, is jealous of her success, and is often reproachful and competitive He is desperate to make a name for himself, and, instead of collaborating with Nell, he keeps his work hidden However, Fen admits to a genuine regard for his wife s Three anthropologists form a circumstantial friendship in the 1930s while studying tribes in Papua, New Guinea American Nell Stone who is inspired by Margaret Mead already has a best selling book on natives of the Solomon Islands Nell s Australian husband, Fen, is jealous of her success, and is o...As they were leaving the Mumbanyo, someone threw something at them It bobbed a few yards from the stern of the canoe A pale brown thing Another dead baby, Fen said.He had broken her glasses by then, so she didn t know if he was joking.That s the beginning of this gem I was a goner before I knew what hit me Don t worry, the book isn t full of dead babies, but it s full of life and gorgeous writing and intriguing characters and I can t end this sentence because I can t stop raving about thi As they were leaving the Mumbanyo, someone threw something at them It bobbed a few yards from the stern of the canoe A pale brown thing Another dead baby, Fen said.He had broken her glasses by then, so she didn t know if he was joking.That s the beginning of this gem I was a goner before I knew what hit me Don t worry, the book isn t full of dead babies, but it s full of life and gorgeous writing and intriguing characters and I can t end this sentence because I can t stop raving about this book This is a story based on the life of anthropologist Margaret Mead, and Nell is the woman playing the part She and her husband, Fen, are tribe jumping, quickly packing up and taking off...I picture Lily King in her office, surrounded by a library s worth of research materials Drafts of Euphoria are stacked in descending towers along one wall, each draft a stair step lower I picture a writer chipping away at her words, like a sculptor to marble, until the true work reveals itself the words coming to life in the reader s imagination the way hard, cold stone warms like flesh under the hand Euphoria was inspired by anthropologist Margaret Mead and her experiences along the Sepik I picture Lily King in her office, surrounded by a library s worth of research materials Drafts of Euphoria are stacked in descending towers along one wall, each draft a stair step lower I picture a writer chipping away at her words, like a sculptor to marble, until the true work reveals itself the words coming to life in the reader s imagination the way hard, cold stone warms like flesh under the hand Euphoria was inspired by anthropologist Margaret Mead and her experiences along the Sepik River with her husband Reo Fortune an...To begin with I had the feeling I was really going to enjoy this There wasn t going to be any wizardry or groundbreaking technique to this novel Rather it seemed it would be a riveting story told by an accomplished writer with a passion for her subject and a very easy and poised prose style Quickly there s a sense that the real tribes under scrutiny here are men and women But I felt King could have been a littlesubtle and certainlyprobing with this anthropological irony Then it To begin with I had the feeling I was really going to enjoy this There wasn t going to be any wizardry or groundbreaking technique to this novel Rather it seemed it would be a riveting story told by an accomplished writer with a passion for her subject and a very easy and poised prose s...Holy moly, I couldn t put down the last third of this incredible book Review to followwhen I catch my breath Okay, breath caught Pretty obvious, I loved this book Yes, it s the story of early anthrolopology, loosely based on Margaret Mead When I started reading, I thought it was good, but also a little slow However, once I got into the second half I literally couldn t put it down The story revolves around three main characters, Nell, her husband Fen, and fellow anthropologist Bankson W Holy moly, I couldn t put down the last third of this incredible book Review to followwhen I catch my breath Okay, breath caught Pretty obvious, I l...Euphoria is my new favourite read of 2015 The title itself captivated me until the story grabbed and pulled at me and I, too, felt intense pleasure and well being It s New Guinea circa 1932 Three anthropologists Nell and Fen, a couple, and Andrew who travels solo, meet up at a Christmas party after having travelled to the inner most remote areas of the region seeking out tribes and attempting to decipher cultures This friendship creates an opportunity to shed the loneliness and isolation t Euphoria is my new favourite read of 2015 The title itself captivated me until the story grabbed and pulled at me and I, too, felt ...Judge a book by its cover Absolutely with Euphoria I was completely transported to the setting in New Guinea and three days after finishing I m still thinking about it The book is loosely based on the lives of anthropologists, Margaret Mead and her first and second husbands, and left me wanting to knowabout each of them I say loosely based because the author added her own twist to the story that tugged at my heartstrings But regardless of who they were, I loved these fascinating chara Judge a book by its cover Absolutely with Euphoria I was comple...She told me that the Tam believed that love grows in the stomach, and that they went around clutching their bellies when their hearts were broken You are in my stomach, was their most intimate expression of love I love books about anthropology, and in this historical fiction read, King takes the reader deep into the river villages of New Guinea in the 1930s Andrew Bankston, an English anthropologist, has been studying a friendly river tribe for several years by himself Overcome with lone She told me that the Tam believed that love grows in the stomach, and that they went around clutching their bellies when their hearts were broken You are in my stomach, was their most intimate expression of love I love books about anthropology, and in this historical fiction read, King takes the reader deep into the river villages of New Guinea in the 1930s Andrew Bankston, an English anthropologist, has been studying a friendly river tribe for several years by himself Overcome with loneliness and deep sadness, he can t help but feel like fate has directed him to Nell and Fen, a married couple of anthropologists on their way back to Australia after a year in the field Convinced they are his salvation, he persuades them to stay on in New Guinea, and finds them another tribe to study close by, the Tam people, so that they can stay in contact.What follows is a confusing triangle of friendship, intimacy and violence King...I can feel the relationships, the likes dislikes in the room in a way I could never speak.You don t realize how language actually interferes with communication until youdon t have it, how it gets in the way like and overdominant sense Nell was laughing with him and I wasn t sure what had just happened who had askedthe questions, whose questions were asked, how he got that story out for him whenhe did not want to tell it, when he had kept it a secret all his life Bolunta They want t I can feel the relationships, the likes dislikes in the room in a way I could never speak.You don t realize how language actually interferes with communication until youdon t have it, how it gets in the way like and overdominant sense Nell was laughing with him and I wasn t sure what had just happened who had askedthe questions, whose questions were asked, how he got that story out for him wh...I love the interplay between the personal and scientific outlooks on human nature in this fictional rendering of the life of Margaret Mead and her husband during their fieldwork living with a New Guinea tribe in the 30s This is not historical fiction in the sense of trying to recreate a possibly real version of actual events, but a use of a historical figures and situations as a launching pad for an imagined story How does the interplay between the subjective and objective work out for anthrop I love the interplay between the personal and scientific outlooks on human nature in this fictional rendering of the life of Margaret Mead and her husband during their fieldwork living with a New Guinea tribe in the 30s This is not historical fiction in the sense of trying to recreate a possibly real version of actual events, but a use of a historical figures and situations as a launching pad for an imagined story How does the interplay between the subjective and objective work out for anthropologists embedded for long periods within an alien culture And when it comes to trying to uncover universal truths about gender roles in societies, how does that effort intersect with the struggle the scientists themselves are having with their own personal solution and the challenges of a love triangle ...

• English
• 20 August 2018
Lily King
• Hardcover
• 256 pages
• 0802122558
• Lily King
• Euphoria