The White Man in the Tree: And Other Stories - Couverture rigide

Kurlansky, M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 067103605X ISBN 13 : 9780671036058

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2000

Synopsis

A collection of short fiction provides a whimsical portrait of cultural misunderstandings in a novella and eight stories about characters who, because of their diversity, misjudge one another.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The White Man in the Tree is a comedy of cultural misunderstandings set in the Caribbean, New York, and Paris, a novella and eight stories about people who, because of their differences, misjudge each other. Whether it is a sophisticated European filmmaker, an ambitious young black Haitian woman, a promising politician obsessed with women's feet, or a fish-out-of-water rabbi in search of a kosher chicken in Curaçao, each of Kurlansky's characters engages us with impulses and interactions that are by turns comic, insightful, and poignant. The White Man in the Tree is an affectionate portrait of a unique society, where Europe, America, Africa, and Asia meet Latin America.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mark Kurlansky is the author of The Basque History of the World; the New York Times bestseller Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World; A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry; and A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny. During the past twenty years he has spent a great deal of time in the Caribbean, including seven years as the Chicago Tribune's Caribbean correspondent, and has written numerous works of short fiction and journalism about the region. He lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 067103605X
• ISBN 13: 9780671036058
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 301
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible