{"product_id":"island-of-demons","title":"Island of Demons","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany men dream of running away to a tropical island and living surrounded by beauty and exotic exuberance. Walter Spies did more than dream. He actually did it. In the 1920s and 30s, Walter Spies — ethnographer, choreographer, film maker, natural historian and painter — transformed the perception of Bali from that of a remote island to become the site for Western fantasies about Paradise and it underwent an influx of foreign visitors. The rich and famous flocked to Spies’ house in Ubud and his life and work forged a link between serious academics and the visionaries from the Golden Age of Hollywood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharlie Chaplin, Noel Coward, Miguel Covarrubias, Vicki Baum, Barbara Hutton and many others sought to experience the vision Spies offered while Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, the foremost anthropologists of their day, attempted to capture the secret of this tantalizing and enigmatic culture. Island of Demons is a fascinating historical novel, mixing anthropology, the history of ideas and humour. It offers a unique insight into that complex and multi-hued world that was so soon to be swept away, exploring both its ideas and the larger than life characters that inhabited it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNigel Barley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas born in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKingston upon Thames\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1947. He gained his bachelor's degree in modern languages at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCambridge University, and his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edoctorate\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esocial anthropology\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOxford University. He worked for some years as an academic at London University and then served from 1980 to 2003 as an assistant keeper of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEthnography\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBritish Museum.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-JRank_3-0\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarley's first travel book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Innocent Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1983), gave a popular account of anthropological fieldwork among the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDowayo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epeople of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCameroon. Barley then worked as an anthropologist in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIndonesia. His first book based on his time there was the humorous\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot a Hazardous Sport\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1989) describing his anthropological experiences in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTana Toraja\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein the mountains of central\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSulawesi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarley has written on many other subjects including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSir James Brooke, the \"white rajah\" of Sarawak.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHe has been twice nominated for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTravelex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWriter of the Year Award. In 2002, he won the Foreign Press Association prize for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etravel writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123158429809,"sku":"9789810823818","price":18.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Island_of_Demons_by_Nigel_Barley_00.jpg?v=1602759858","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/island-of-demons","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}