| Description |
xix, 324 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Parallel worlds : an anthropologist and a writer encounter Africa / Alma Gottlieb and Philip Graham. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Map: Cote d'Ivoire -- Map: Beng Region -- Cast of Characters -- Preface -- Pt. 1: Arriving -- 1: Premonitions (October 1-November 5, 1979) -- 2: Choosing a Host (November 6-November 28, 1979) -- 3: Trespassing (November 29-December 20, 1979) -- 4: Adrift (December 21, 1979-February 19, 1980) -- 5: The Elusive Epiphany (February 20-April 30, 1980) -- 6: Bedazzled, Beleaguered (May 1-June 30, 1980) -- 7: Divination and Trial (July 1-August 2, 1980) -- 8: Transgressions (August 3-October 3, 1980) -- 9: Metamorphoses (October 4, 1980-Spring 1981) -- Pt. 2: Returning -- 10: A Parallel World (June 11-August 13, 1985) -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Beng (African people) Social life and customs, Philosophy, Beng, Beng (African people) Religion, Ethnology Côte d'Ivoire Field work, Côte d'Ivoire Social life and customs |
| Summary |
This suspenseful and moving memoir of Africa recounts the experiences of Alma Gottlieb, an anthropologist, and Philip Graham, a fiction writer, as they lived in two remote villages in the rain forest of Cote d'Ivoire. With an unusual coupling of first-person narratives, their alternate voices tell a story imbued with sweeping narrative power, humility, and gentle humor. Parallel Worlds is a unique look at Africa, anthropological fieldwork, and the artistic process |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : Crown Publishers, 1993 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Beng (African people) -- Social life and customs.
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Philosophy, Beng.
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Beng (African people) -- Religion.
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Ethnology -- Fieldwork -- Côte d'Ivoire.
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| SUBJECT |
Côte d'Ivoire http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82047825 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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| Author |
Graham, Philip, 1951-
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| LC no. |
94016533 |
| ISBN |
0226305066 paperback alkaline paper |
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