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ABestBookoftheYearTheWallStreetJournal*PublishersWeekly*HuffingtonPost*CosmopolitanAChicagoTribuneandSanFranciscoChronicleNotableBookItis1950whenNortonPerina,ayoungdoctor,embarksonanexpeditiontoaremoteMicronesianislandinsearchofarumoredlosttribe.Thereheencountersastrangegroupofforestdwellerswhoappeartohaveattainedaformofimmortalitythatpreservesthebodybutnotthemind.PerinauncoverstheirsecretandreturnswithittoAmerica,wherehesoonfindsgreatsuccess.Buthisdiscoveryhascomeataterriblecost,notonlyfortheislanders,butforPerinahimself.Disquietingyetthrilling,ThePeopleintheTreesisananthropologicaladventurestorywithaprofoundandtragicvisionofwhathappenswhenculturescollide.ItmarksthedebutofaremarkablenewvoiceinAmericanfiction.