{"product_id":"the-book-of-puka-puka-by-robert-dean-frisbie-9781780601410","title":"The Book of Puka-Puka","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePuka-Puka is a triangular coral reef, some seven miles in circumference with three islands. It frames a lagoon so clear that one can see the coral forests some ten fathoms below. It is the most remote, and probably the most beautiful, of all the Cook Islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Dean Frisbie was born in Ohio (1896) but his health was crippled after fighting in the First World War. In 1920, he sailed for the Southern Pacific with a library of books, a desire to live, and an ambition to write. In 1924, he travelled out to Puka-Puka and over the next four years, he wrote a series of twenty-nine articles for \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, which were later gathered together to create \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Puka-Puka\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Puka-Puka\u003c\/i\u003e is not about travel, it is about staying still. It is about living as a conspicuous stranger and slowly allowing yourself to become absorbed into the ways of an ancient, indigenous community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072370688236,"sku":"9781780601410","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/26800513482821.jpg?v=1765098888","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-book-of-puka-puka-by-robert-dean-frisbie-9781780601410","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}