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Authors: Diane Wolkstein, Edwidge Danticat
ISBN-13: 9780805210774, ISBN-10: 0805210776
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: January 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Diane Wolkstein

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Spirit, Sovereignty, Story: The Magic Orange Tree Twenty Years Later
Introduction2
The Magic Orange Tree13
The Two Donkeys23
Owl29
Put That Man to Bed37
Four Hairs from the Beard of the Devil43
The Case of the Uncooked Eggs49
Tayzanne57
Cat and Dog and the Return of the Dead65
The One Who Would Not Listen to His Own Dream71
Papa God and General Death75
Bouki-Dances the Kokioko79
Papa God Sends Turtle Doves87
The Singing Bone91
The Gizzard99
The Monkey Who Asked for Misery113
The Name117
Cat's Baptism123
"I'm Tipingee, She's Tipingee, We're Tipingee, Too"129
The Master Thief135
Horse and Toad143
Mother of the Waters151
A Very Happy Donkey157
"One, My Darling, Come to Mama"165
The Forbidden Apple171
"Papa God First, Man Next, Tiger Last"177
The Last Tiger in Haiti183
"Bye-bye"189
Songs in English and Creole195
Acknowledgments211

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