by Sabine Kuegler · Círculo de Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467221756
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«La niña de la jungla» is Sabine Kuegler's autobiographical account of her childhood in West Papua, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (315 pages, in Spanish).
Kuegler recounts her childhood and adolescence in West Papua, where she grew up with the Fayu tribe after moving there with her parents, German missionaries and linguists. The account shows her adaptation to life in the jungle, the differences between Fayu culture and the Western world, and the difficult transition to Switzerland to study at a boarding school.
Autobiographical work that belongs to the «Dschungelkind» saga, of which it is the first instalment.
For readers interested in memoirs, travel and anthropology, narrated from the perspective of a girl who grew up between two cultures.
Sabine Kuegler is a German author. She has written several books, two of which have been translated into English. These two books are related to her uncommon childhood: from age 7 to age 17 she lived with her parents and two siblings in the jungle of Waropen, Papua in Indonesia, with the remote tribe of the Fayu.
