Otherborn
by Joan Gould
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A boy and his sister, separated from their boat, come ashore on a Pacific island inhabited by a race of people with a radically different conception of birth, aging, and death.Tags
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This is an oddly memorable short novel. Two children are marooned on a Pacific Island, and taken in by the local "primitive" tribe. Slowly, they begin to realize that the inhabitants are not primitive, and definately not the usual run-of-the-mill humans. The story is gently told, with no violence and only one storm. But it stays with me, and I have a curious sense of unsettled-ness. I'm going to have to read it again.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1980
- People/Characters
- Mark; Leggy; Ameeta
- Important places
- Pacific Ocean
- Dedication
- To Martin. With. Without. Within.
- First words
- Prologue: Somewhere in the middle of the pacific Ocean there is an island called Hita Hee - or at least we think there is.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Someday he would start this part of the story all over again, without fear this time.
But also without Ameeta.
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- (4.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
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