Randolph Stow's Trobriand Islands single work   essay  
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'‘Embarking on a biography of Randolph Stow, an introspective author widely thought to be a recluse in his later years, had not been easy at the best of times, but writing about his time in New Guinea in 1959 was troubling on several levels: not least because during his last months there he had experienced a mental and physical breakdown that brought him close to death.’ Suzanne Falkiner travels to the Trobriand Islands in pursuit of Randolph Stow. '

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    Papua New Guinea,
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    Pacific Region,
  • Trobriand Islands,
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    Papua New Guinea,
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    Pacific Region,
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