Everett Daniel:
Don'T Sleep, There Are Snakes
Life And Language In The Amazonian Jungle
Profile Books Ltd (United Kingdom), 2009
Paperback, 336 pages
Size: 198x129 mm
ISBN: 9781846680403
ISBN-10: 1846680409
List price: £8.99
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Don'T Sleep, There Are Snakes
Although the author was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. This title shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world.

