Description One of Time 's 32 Books You Need to Read This Summer A profoundly human story about a seemingly exotic and strange place that really isn't so strange at all.
--Carl Hoffman, author of The Last Wild Men of Borneo As a young anthropologist, Don Kulick went to the tiny village of Gapun in New Guinea to document the death of the native language, Tayap.
He arrived knowing that you can't study a language without understanding the dail.
Algonquin Books A death in the rainforest: how a language and a way of life came to an end in papua new guinea, hardcover/don kulick
