The Green Mosaic: Memories Of New Guinea
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly evocative work of travel memoir and natural history, The Green Mosaic: Memories of New Guinea chronicles Eric C. Rolls' vivid encounters with the extraordinary landscapes, wildlife, and peoples of Papua New Guinea. With the lyrical precision that defined Rolls as one of Australia's most celebrated nature writers, the narrative presents a tapestry of personal recollection woven together with keen ecological observation and cultural reflection. The prose moves with a quiet, contemplative authority, illustrating how the island's dense rainforests, dramatic highlands, and coastal waterways shaped not only the natural world but the human communities embedded within it. Rolls argues, through the intimacy of lived experience, that true understanding of a place demands patient attention to its smallest details — the insects, the birdsong, the rhythms of village life — as much as its grand vistas. The result is a deeply personal and scientifically informed portrait of one of the world's most biologically and culturally diverse regions.
Author: Eric C. Rolls
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Nelson
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly evocative work of travel memoir and natural history, The Green Mosaic: Memories of New Guinea chronicles Eric C. Rolls' vivid encounters with the extraordinary landscapes, wildlife, and peoples of Papua New Guinea. With the lyrical precision that defined Rolls as one of Australia's most celebrated nature writers, the narrative presents a tapestry of personal recollection woven together with keen ecological observation and cultural reflection. The prose moves with a quiet, contemplative authority, illustrating how the island's dense rainforests, dramatic highlands, and coastal waterways shaped not only the natural world but the human communities embedded within it. Rolls argues, through the intimacy of lived experience, that true understanding of a place demands patient attention to its smallest details — the insects, the birdsong, the rhythms of village life — as much as its grand vistas. The result is a deeply personal and scientifically informed portrait of one of the world's most biologically and culturally diverse regions.