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New York. 1994. New Press. 1st American Edition. Previous Owner's Name Penned in Front,Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 1565841859. Translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. 113 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Martinique Caribbean Black Literature Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In this unusual collection of stories and fables, 1992 Goncourt prize-winner Patrick Chamoiseau re-creates in truly magical language the stories he heard as a child in Martinique in his first book to be published in the U.S. Included are delightfully coarse and lively folktales incorporating European and African motifs and stories apparently handed down from the time of slavery. In one, Ti-Jean Horizon,' the eponymous hero repeatedly outwits his Beke (white) master, as does Conquering John in African American tales. Others warn of the danger of foolish behavior, as in Nanie-Rosette the Belly-Slave,' of whom the storyteller remarks Quite a pretty name for a disaster with an abyss for a…
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Creole Folktales -Op/69 Hardcover - 1995
by Patrick Chamoiseau; Linda Coverdale (Translator)
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- Title Creole Folktales -Op/69
- Author Patrick Chamoiseau; Linda Coverdale (Translator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 113
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New Press, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-01
- ISBN 9781565841857 / 1565841859
- Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 8.51 x 5.74 x 0.66 in (21.62 x 14.58 x 1.68 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Tales - Martinique
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94-21475
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.209
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New York. 1994. New Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 1565841859. Translated from the French by Linda Coverdale. 113 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Martinique Caribbean Black Literature Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In this unusual collection of stories and fables, 1992 Goncourt prize-winner Patrick Chamoiseau re-creates in truly magical language the stories he heard as a child in Martinique in his first book to be published in the U.S. Included are delightfully coarse and lively folktales incorporating European and African motifs and stories apparently handed down from the time of slavery. In one, Ti-Jean Horizon,' the eponymous hero repeatedly outwits his Beke (white) master, as does Conquering John in African American tales. Others warn of the danger of foolish behavior, as in Nanie-Rosette the Belly-Slave,' of whom the storyteller remarks Quite a pretty name for a disaster with an abyss for a stomach, a riverbed for a throat. In short, Nanie-Rosette…
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