Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea

by KiraSalak (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $9.25

  Chronicles the author's journey across the arduous physical and cultural terrain of Papua New Guinea, describing her stay in a village where cannibalism was still practiced, as well as a hazardous trek through the jungle. Reprint.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.26

  Following the route taken by British explorer Ivan Champion in 1927, and amid the breathtaking landscapes and wildlife, Salak travelled across this remote Pacific island - often called the last frontier of adventure travel - by dugout canoe and on foot. Along the way, she stayed in a village where cannibalism was still practised behind the backs of the missionaries, met the leader of the OPM, the separatist guerrilla movement opposing the Indonesian occupation of Western New Guinea, and undertook an epic trek through the jungle. Four Corners is also an exploration of the author's dysfunctional family past and the demons that drove her to experience situations that most of us can barely imagine.