The mountain
By: Drusilla Modjeska
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: North Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781741666502
Description: In 1968 Papua New Guinea is on the brink of independence, and everything is about to change. Amidst the turmoil filmmaker Leonard arrives from England with his Dutch wife, Rika, to study and film an isolated village high in the mountains. Drusilla Modjeska's sweeping novel takes us deep into this fascinating, complex country, whose culture and people cannot escape the march of modernity that threatens to overwhelm them. It is a riveting story of love, loss, grief and betrayal.