don t sleep there are snakes book
1 author picked Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. What is this book about? Part passionate memoir, part scientific exploration, a life-changing tale set among a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in Brazil that offers a riveting look into the nature of language, thought, and life
Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes raises a lot of questions for a Western reader, and in many different areas outside of just linguistics. Our experience of the memoir/linguistics-for-beginners story Everett is telling definitely benefitted from our ability to work together in navigating our own understanding of the concepts Everett introduced A play based on Everett's life, Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, premiered in London in the spring of 2016. Another piece of performance art based on Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, was performed in Berlin, also in late spring 2016. Everett is currently Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. 5 star. 66%. 4 star. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes Daniel L. Everett, . . Pantheon, $26.95 (283pp) ISBN 978-0-375-42502-8 The Search for the Origins of Language, a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize. DETAILS ISBN: 9781846680403 - Soft cover - Profile Books - 2009 - Condition: New - Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes : Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle