With
her balance of misanthropy and anthropological curiosity, author Elizaveta
Ristrova travels around the world in search of interesting material. Her books
consider the significance of religion, clashes between races and culture, the
relationships between humans and the environment, and the creation and
unravelling of human relationships. She keeps a day-job as a lawyer, focusing
on environmental and international development issues.
We
in Pieces, Tales from Arctic Alaska, arose from her years living 500 kilometers north of
the Arctic Circle. There, she interviewed community leaders regarding
traditional knowledge, cut and served whale despite being vegetarian, and read
every issue of the local newspaper dating back to the 1960s. Writing was a
great way to fill the three months of darkness each year.
Ristrova
hails from south Louisiana and currently finds herself in Makati City, the
Manhattan of the Philippines. She likes singing the blues, dancing tango,
making soy brownies, creating kindergarten-style art, and proselytizing about
the environment. Her previous books include Taking off My Sweater, Something
Short of Salvation, and Small Fish in a Small Pond.
We
in Pieces is
available at http://www.amazon.com/Wee-Pieces-Tales-Alaska/dp/0984651756 . Pictures of the nineteen characters in the book and a diagram of the
relationships between them are at www.facebook.com/ristrova.
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