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About the book
A middle-aged filmmaker visits Indonesia and becomes entranced by the Toraja custom of interning the bodies of very young deceased children in the trunks of trees. In time, the trunk heals, encasing and protecting the tiny bodies as the tree grows slowly heavenwards. On his return to France, the filmmaker receives news that his dearest friend is dying of cancer, prompting a reflection on the part death occupies in our existence, our inability to confront our mortality and our struggle to conceiv...Show more
Book details
ISBN
9780857057709
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Published year
2018
Language
Edition
1
Original title
The Tree of the Toraja
Format
Paperback
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