num_pages: 464
description: The Achuar people have survived in isolation in the Amazonian jungle by aggressively resisting intruders. In this book, Descola depicts an altogether unfamiliar civilisation, whose values often seem bizarre to Western eyes.
language: English
title: The Spears of Twilight: Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle
titlecomplete: The Spears of Twilight: Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle
genres: Anthropology, Amazon, France, History, Social, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 110
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Scott Moncrieff Prize
category: Janet Lloyd
publisher: New Press, The