BLAIR, Lawrence; Lorne Blair.
Ring of Fire.
"It was here in Bali, after returning from the Toraja Star Children, that I first recognized what they meant by us all being born half of heaven and half of earth": First Edition of Ring of Fire; inscribed by Lorne Blair
Toronto: Bantam Books, 1988.
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First edition of this lavish documentary spanning ten years of adventure through the islands of the East. Square quarto, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Edgar, another Blair in the Ring of Fire!? Best wishes, Lorne Blaire Jam S&A, 1993." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light bumping and rubbing to the extremities, and a small closed tear to the bottom of the rear panel. Jacket design by Bipin Patel.
Ring of Fire by Lawrence and Lorne Blair is a television documentary and accompanying book that chronicles the brothers’ decade-long exploration of the Indonesian archipelago during the 1970s and 1980s. Combining anthropological observation with personal narrative, the work captures the rich cultural, spiritual, and ecological diversity of Indonesia’s outer islands, many of which were little known to the Western world at the time. The Blairs document traditional rituals, indigenous cosmologies, and remote societies on the cusp of modern change, presenting their journey as both a scientific and spiritual quest. The narrative reflects a blend of romanticism and ethnographic interest, marked by the brothers’ fascination with mysticism and the human capacity for adaptation.
Ring of Fire.
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