The white man in the tree : and other stories
Kurlansky, Mark
The white man in the tree : and other stories / Mark Kulansky - First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition - New York : Washington Square Press , 2001, c2000. - 301 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
The white man in the tree : a novella in two parts. Devaluation. The unclean . Naked. Beautiful Mayagüez women. Vertical administration. Packets and paperscraps. The deerness of life. Desaparecidos. The white man's glossary.
The award-winning author of the bestsellers Cod and The Basque History of the World makes his eagerly anticipated fiction debut -- with this funny and moving romp through the world's melting pot. "The White Man in the Tree and other stories" "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 -- between men and women, blacks and whites, Caribbeans and visitors, Jews and Christians, rich and poor. Each of Kurlansky's characters engages us with impulses and interactions that are by turns comic, insightful, and poignant.
9780671036065
2001274467
Comedy
Interpersonal relations----Fiction
Short stories
PS3561.U65 / W48 2000
FIC KUR
The white man in the tree : and other stories / Mark Kulansky - First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition - New York : Washington Square Press , 2001, c2000. - 301 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
The white man in the tree : a novella in two parts. Devaluation. The unclean . Naked. Beautiful Mayagüez women. Vertical administration. Packets and paperscraps. The deerness of life. Desaparecidos. The white man's glossary.
The award-winning author of the bestsellers Cod and The Basque History of the World makes his eagerly anticipated fiction debut -- with this funny and moving romp through the world's melting pot. "The White Man in the Tree and other stories" "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 -- between men and women, blacks and whites, Caribbeans and visitors, Jews and Christians, rich and poor. Each of Kurlansky's characters engages us with impulses and interactions that are by turns comic, insightful, and poignant.
9780671036065
2001274467
Comedy
Interpersonal relations----Fiction
Short stories
PS3561.U65 / W48 2000
FIC KUR
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