Synopses & Reviews
Review
"In each of his books . . . Schneebaum draws the reader into his universe . . . the way every strong writer draws the reader away from his own fantasies and into those of another for the duration of his act of reading."—New York Review of Books
Review
"An astonishing journey into the interior of the self, as well as an exploration of the relationships between men the world over."—Anne Freemantle
Synopsis
Part autobiographical journal, part social-historical novel, Wild Man tracks Tobias Schneebaum's fascinating and almost epic life story, from his earliest contemplation of homoerotic desire through his life in Peru, Borneo, and beyond. A young man from New York, Schneebaum "disappeared" in 1955 on the eastern slopes of the Andes. He was, in actuality, living for more than a year among the remote Harakhambut people, discovering a way of being that was strange, primitive, and powerfully attractive to him. This longing to find the "wild man" in other cultures—and in himself—eventually led him on an odyssey through South America, India, Tibet, Africa, Borneo, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia. He lived among isolated forest peoples, including headhunters and cannibals, in regions where few, if any, white men had ever been.
Synopsis
Here, translated into modern English, are the works of literature, history, science, oratory, and philosophy that constitute the mainstream of classical Greek thought and continue to influence world civilizations. This volume includes:
. Complete translations of Aeschylus Agamemnon, Sophocles Antigone, Euripides Medea, Aristophanes Frogs, and The Constitution of Athens by the Old Oligarch.
. Abridged translations of Homer s Iliad and Odyssey, The Homeric Hymn to Hermes, and Plutarch s Life of Tiberius Gracchus.
. Selections from Hesiod and Lucian; from twenty-eight lyric poets including Sappho, Pindar, and Meleagar; from the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides; and from eight Attic orators, including Isocrates and Demosthenes.
. Selections from the scientific writings of Hippocrates, Archimedes, and Galen.
. Selections from the pre-Socratic philosophers and from Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and Epictetus.
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About the Author
Tobias Schneebaum is the author of Where the Spirits Dwell, Keep the River on Your Right, and Secret Places: My Life in New York and New Guinea. From 1973 to 1983 he was assistant to the curator of the Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. He is the subject of a documentary film, Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale, which received the Critic's Choice Award at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 2000.