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In 1955, armed with a penknife and instructions to keep the river on his right, Brooklyn-born artist Tobias Schneebaum set off into the jungles of Peru in search of a tribe of cannibals. Forgoing all contact with civilization, he lived as a brother with the Akaramas –– shaving and painting his body, hunting with Stone Age weapons, sleeping in the warmth of the body-pile. |
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| Product Details |
| Author: |
Tobias Schneebaum |
| Binding: |
Paperback |
| Dewey Decimal Number: |
985.00498 |
| EAN: |
9780802131331 |
| ISBN: |
0802131336 |
| Label: |
Grove Press |
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| List Price: |
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1400 |
| Currency Code: |
USD |
| Formatted Price: |
$14.00 |
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| Manufacturer: |
Grove Press |
| Number Of Items: |
1 |
| Number Of Pages: |
208 |
| Package Dimensions: |
| Height: |
70 |
| Length: |
830 |
| Weight: |
50 |
| Width: |
530 |
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| Product Group: |
Book |
| Publication Date: |
1994-01-12 |
| Publisher: |
Grove Press |
| Studio: |
Grove Press |
| Title: |
Keep the River on Your Right |
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| Customer Reviews |
Customer Rating: 5
Review Date: 2007-10-10
0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
Summary: What an amazing journey!
This writer was so far ahead of his time! What a courageous journey, to step out on faith to find the core of man; "gone primitive," as they say. And we call ourselves civilized? Who are we to judge?
This man acknowledges his own cannabilistic behavior within the context of his living in a tribe where this behavior was common. It was not premeditated, at least according to him, nor did he have any idea where he was going or what the plan was when he was girded up for war with the tribe that had become his family.
But never has a man been more empathic or compassionate, either - staying with a loved one who was dying from dysentery until they both stank, and no one else would come close.
The book reads like a poem, it is a beautiful, eye-opening, heart rending read. I wish I had known this man. He seems amazing.
Fast Food Nation |
Customer Rating: 4
Review Date: 2007-05-31
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Summary: Prepare for an armchair jungle excursion!
Schneebaum takes you on a sensual adventure in the jungle in this richly detailed book. Since the author is an Anthropologist with an interest in homosexuality, parts of the book on male bonding and cannibalism are so honest and clearly described that some readers may feel uncomfortable. I found the author's frankness refreshing, and I recommend the accompanying DVD that shows what has happened to the "cannibalistic" tribe since Schneebaum was there in 1955. |
Customer Rating: 5
Review Date: 2006-03-19
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
Summary: Keep the river on your right
This is an excellent book. Rarely do I read a book where it would be difficult to imagine myself in the author's place. Mr. Shneebaum's outlook on the world around him and his approach to the events in this book were refreshing and new to me. This was as satisfying as finding a new food to love. I was amazed at this man's lack of fear. At present people seems to gauge another's fear by what extrodonary stunts and adrinaline rush's they persue. But this man is the most fearless man I have ever read about. The only thing I could say bad about this book is that it is short. If it were not for social stigmas- this book should be required reading. There is more to learn about the human animal, love, adventure, exisitinialism, and the insanity of some western social morays than can be found in any other book I know of this size.
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Customer Rating: 4
Review Date: 2004-03-25
10 out of 11 found this review helpful.
Summary: Keep an open mind..... and the river on your right.
Schneebaum is an unusual man. When you first hear of him you might think maybe too unusual. Thats where you need to look at the man and his journey from a larger perspective. The book has much to tell us about about respect for other cultures and about how to relate to people who don't see the world in the same way we do. If you keep an open mind, you will enjoy getting inside the mind of a very caring and empathetic man. |
Customer Rating: 4
Review Date: 2004-02-05
12 out of 15 found this review helpful.
Summary: An Anthropological Memoir
We see from Stephen O. Murray and his ilk, a desire to suppress this important journey and its journal, by pretending it is not `scientific'. Schneebaum describes himself as a 'Painter' - not an anthropologist, and nor does he attempt to write in a scientific way. Insight into our own ignorance is an important part of scientific study; on occasion it can be a sufficient condition. I congratulate Schneebaum for making this and other journeys, and for the memoirs these create. This is most certainly not a textbook, or anything resembling a scientific treatise or paper. It is a stained glass window, decorated by Schneebaum's own homosexuality (sexual fantasy and desire). He views the `cannibals' from this perspective, and they view him in an equally astounding way. I recently saw Schneebaum on TV, and his current boyfriend explains Schneebaum's desire for an `aroused native'. Re-read this book from Schneebaum's perspective, and a flood of insight into this important people is revealed; rather like the Sun bursting through the colored window, illuminating the dark room within. Reviewer S. O. Murray appears to consider himself a voice of authority; possessed indeed by an intellect surmounted only by his overwhelming ignorance. His reviews are based on conjecture, rather than the content of the book or document reviewed. Ignore him, he is just incapable of understanding; blinded by the heavy drapes over his window. |
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