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white man in the tree and other stories

Mark Kurlansky

white man in the tree and other stories

by Mark Kurlansky

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Published by Jonathan Cape in London .
Written in

    Subjects:
  • Judgment -- Fiction.,
  • Humorous stories, English -- Caribbean Area.,
  • Humorous stories, English -- New York (State),
  • Humorous stories, English -- France -- Paris.

  • Edition Notes

    StatementMark Kurlansky.
    GenreFiction.
    The Physical Object
    Pagination301 p. :
    Number of Pages301
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL18556868M
    ISBN 100224061461

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The White Man in the Tree is a comedy of cultural misunderstanding set in the Caribbean, New York and Paris, a novella and eight stories about people who, because of their differences, misjudge each other.

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About this product. The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories. Book. Description. 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.

The Tree of Man is the fourth published novel by the Australian novelist and Nobel Prize-winner, Patrick is a domestic drama chronicling the lives of the Parker family and their changing fortunes over many decades. It is steeped in Australian folklore and cultural myth, and is recognised as the author's attempt to infuse the idiosyncratic way of life in the remote Australian bush.

The Official Website for Mark Kurlansky (born 7 December in Hartford, Connecticut), a highly-acclaimed American journalist and writer of general interest non-fiction. Titles include: "A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny" (), ISBN"A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry" (), ISBN"Cod: A Biography of the Fish That.

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