Diane Wolkstein

The Magic Orange Tree

And Other Haitian Folktales

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of folktales gathered by the author in Haiti with comments on Haitian folklore.

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When Diane Wolkstein, herself a well-known storyteller traveled throughout the Haitian countryside in search of stories, she harvested a rich collection of twenty-seven tales, each of which is illuminated by fascinating introductory notes. From orange trees growing at the command of a child to talking fish, these stories present us with a world of wonder, delight, and mystery. With a foreword by Edwidge Danticat

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 131mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780805210774
• ISBN-10: 0805210776
• Artikelnr.: 21699621

Autorenporträt

DIANE WOLKSTEIN lectured and performed throughout the world. The author of eighteen books for adults and children, she died in 2013.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Edwidge Danticat / vii
Spirit, Sovereignty, Story: The Magic Orange Tree Twenty Years Later / ix
Introduction / 2
 
The Magic Orange Tree / 13
The Two Donkeys / 23
Owl / 29
Put That Man to Bed / 37
Four Hairs from the Beard of the Devil / 43
The Case of the Uncooked Eggs / 49
Tayzanne / 57
Cat and Dog and the Return of the Dead / 65
The One Who Would Not Listen to His Own Dream / 71
Papa God and General Death / 75
Bouki Dances the Kokioko / 79
Papa God Send Turtle Doves / 87
The Singing Bone / 91
The Gizzard / 99
The Monkey Who Asked for Misery / 113
The Name / 117
Cat’s Baptism / 123
“I’m Tipingee, She’s Tipindee, We’re Tippindee, Too” / 129
The Master Thief / 135
Horse and Toad / 143
Mother of the Waters / 151
A Very Happy Donkey / 157
“One, My Darling, Come to Mama: / 165
The Forbidden Apple / 171
“Papa God First, Man Next, Tiger Last” / 177
The Last Tiger in Haiti / 183
“Bye-Bye” / 189
 
Songs in English and Creole / 195
Acknowledgments / 211