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Maarten troost is the author of three books, all of them poignant and hilarious. The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical tales by oliver sacks. Maarten troost was born in 1969 in the netherlands and is of dutchczech descent. Its always very exciting, and a little strange and weird seeing it out there, but after a few years you just take it as kind of your halfass job. He was dutch, but not really european more like a bumbling englishman with a hemp necklace. Maarten troost change earth sea think i have been called many things in my life, but if there has been but one constant, one barb, one arrow flung my way time after time, it is the accusation that i am, in essence, nothing more than an escapist. And so, like me, mike found himself living on tarawa more or less as an accessory to his wife.
A few names have been changed, either because the author, who is very bad with names, couldnt remember what they were, or to protect their privacy. In the sex lives of cannibals the author discusses his twoyear stay on a remote island, a place where he anticipated a romantic paradise but instead experienced humorous misadventures. This book was followed up by getting stoned with savages 2006, the further adventures of j. He was a gen x slacker, but inspired enough to live in the south pacific.
Troost and his wife sylvia again decide to escape life in the united states to move to vanuatu, a rugged cluster of 80 barren islands located north. Troots misadventures with the towns hygiene and sanitation, the toxic fish, a complete lack of vegetation, limited dry goods, cannibalistic dogs, a rundown airplane, high seas on a plywood boat, and the like are relayed to the reader with humor and wit. Aug 18, 2017 having enjoyed the sex lives of cannibals by j. The sex lives of cannibals by j maarten troost author. Maarten troost born 1969 in the netherlands is a dutchamerican travel writer and essayist career. They moved to kiribati, a chain of atolls in the middle of the pacific ocean and lived two years in a most different environment. Getting stoned with savages again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a sidesplittingly funny account of life in the farthest reaches of the world. Maarten troost was educated in the us and canada and holds degrees in international relations from boston university and george washington university.
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At the age of twentysix, maarten troost who had been pushing the snooze button on the alarm clock of life by racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobsdecided to pack up his flipflops and move to tarawa, a remote south pacific island. His mother, the author would like it to be known, was formerly a. Maarten troost you world travel see it is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and i am still amazed that there are many people in the american media who are paid very big money to do this. Troost and his wife sylvia again decide to escape life in the united states to move to vanuatu, a rugged cluster of 80 barren islands located north of new zealand and east of. Maarten troost is the author of getting stoned with savages and the sex lives of cannibals. He spent two years in kiribati in the more about j. The book recounts the two years he spent with his girlfriend and future wife on the remote south pacific island of tarawa, part of the republic of kiribati. Maarten troost is a traveler and author of the sex lives of cannibals, getting stoned with savages, lost on planet china, and headhunters on my doorstep. Maarten troost audio books, best sellers, author bio. Maarten troost took on the worlds most populous and intriguing nation. All information about his private life is hidden or stays unknown, so its difficult to say if he has a wife or children. Maarten troost born 1969 in the netherlands is a dutch american travel writer and essayist.
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