Will Buckingham travelled to Tanimbar Islands (Indonesia) as a trainee anthropologist to meet three remarkable sculptors.
"A beautifully written evocation of a journey into the village communities of eastern Indonesia, and a remarkable meditation on the uneasy business of travelling to foreign lands in search of stories."
- Tim Hannigan, author of A Brief History of Indonesia
"Buckingham writes compellingly about cultural appropriation and the power imbalances that so often colour anthropological endeavour. . . . Stealing with the Eyes is powerful. Buckingham has a wonderful eye for detail, and the tale he has woven is gripping."
- Times Literary Supplement
"Apart from setting the tone through observation, the best about Buckingham's prose is its apparent honesty. Written more than two decades after working on a project with Ambon's Pattimura University, this memoir squints at self and society from afar."
- The Jakarta Post
