Oxherding Tale - Couverture souple

Johnson, Charles Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0394621239 ISBN 13 : 9780394621234

Editeur : GROVE ATLANTIC, 1984

Synopsis

Book by Johnson Charles Richard

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

“Memorable . . . a daring, extravagant novel.” – The New Yorker
 
By the National Book Award-winning author of Middle Passage
 
One night in the antebellum South, a slaveowner and his African-American butler stay up to all hours drinking Madeira and playing cards. Finally, too besotted to face their respective wives, they drunkenly decide to switch places in each other’s beds. The result is a hilarious imbroglio and an offspring, Andrew Hawkins, whose life becomes the Oxherding Tale, a deliciously funny, bitterly ironic account of slavery, racism, oppression – and the African-American spirit – in the Old South. Through sexual escapades, picaresque adventures, and philosophical inquiry, young Hawkins walks the line between white and black worlds and comments wryly on marriage, human nature, slave catchers, and culture along the way.
 
“A wonderfully funny, erotica, bittersweet story of the hero’s travels from slavery to freedom.”—Chicago Sun Times
 

Présentation de l'éditeur

One night in the antebellum South, a slave owner and his African-American butler stay up to all hours until, too drunk to face their wives, they switch places in each other's beds. The result is a hilarious imbroglio and an offspring -- Andrew Hawkins, whose life becomes Oxherding Tale.
Through sexual escapades, picaresque adventures, and philosophical inquiry, Hawkins navigates white and black worlds and comments wryly on human nature along the way. Told with pure genius, Oxherding Tale is a deliciously funny, bitterly ironic account of slavery, racism, and the human spirit; and it reveals the author as a great talent with even greater humanity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: GROVE ATLANTIC
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0394621239
• ISBN 13: 9780394621234
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible