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The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories

First edition of Mark Kurlansky's The White Man in the Tree

Mark Kurlansky
First edition. Sm. 8vo. Pp. [xiv], 301, [1]. Quarter-bound beige cloth over red paper-covered boards lettered in red foil to spine; deckled fore-edges. Illustrated with b/w line drawings. 'White Man's Glossary' to rear of words of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Caribbean origin. Cover illustration by Christian Clayton in a design by Brigid Pearson.
A novella plus eight short stories depicting cultural misunderstandings in the Caribbean, New York, and Paris. Fictional debut by the bestselling author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (1997), and The Basque History of the World (1999). "In these nine stories, the uniqueness of Caribbean culture is amplified by Kurlansky with irony, humour, and pathos. [...] Highly recommended." Library Journal
edition
first edition
format
hardback
publisher
Washington Square Press / Pocket Books
published in
New York
publication year
2000
ISBN
067103605X
genre
literary fiction
language
English
binding style
quarter cloth
binding state
original binding
condition  . . .
mint
of jacket
mint
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ref.4H9 89U