the white man in
the tree by
mark kurlansky
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 -- misjudge each
other. As celebrated a nonfiction
writer as he is, Mark Kurlansky was
born to write fiction as well: he
has an ability to unmask our foibles
and write about love with wit and
outright humor.
Reviews:
"The White Man
in the Tree" is as
rich, complex and
delicious as the
islands themselves,
boiling with
humanity."
--New York
Times
"A sunny
collection, lithely
written and full of
Caribbean sunshine."
--Publishers
Weekly
"These short
stories ping-pong
between the
Caribbean, New York,
and Paris, relaying
tales of love and
cultural
misunderstandings."
--American
Salon
About the Author:
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.
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