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Troubling in many ways, but deeply moving and written in long, flowing, beautiful strokes of prose.
The unnamed narrator is a 15-year-old Spanish boy in the 16th century who signs on as a cabin boy for a voyage of discovery. When his shipmates are attacked by cannibalistic natives, he is taken not exactly prisoner but as a kind of witness. His impressions of the attitudes and lives of the tribe, imperfectly understood, form the majority of the book.
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The unnamed narrator is a 15-year-old Spanish boy in the 16th century who signs on as a cabin boy for a voyage of discovery. When his shipmates are attacked by cannibalistic natives, he is taken not exactly prisoner but as a kind of witness. His impressions of the attitudes and lives of the tribe, imperfectly understood, form the majority of the book.
I read this quickly and enjoyed the rhythm of i ...more
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