The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories

New York: Washington Square Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Washington Square Press, 2000. First Printing Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. "The White Man in the Tree" is a Comedy of Cultural Misunderstanding set in the Caribbean - The author's fiction debut. Binding of gold and red paper-wrapped boards with red titles; spotless, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals immaculate. Jacket is a multicultural, colorful mix, with a prominent chicken. Kurlansky has written a comedy, a novella and eight stories about men and women, blacks and whites, Jews and Christians, rich and poor, Caribbeans and visitors--who misjudge each other because of their differences. Includes: "White Man's Glossary" of words--Cuban, Puerto Rican, Caribbean words translated with detailed explanations of what certain words mean--lots of foods, what they are, where they grow, how to cook them; Other stories: Devaluation; The Unclean; Nakes; Beautiful Mayaguez Women; Vertical Administrations, etc. New York Times review says it is a tool for scanning world history and leads to a vastly different perception of why folks did what they did. 301 pages.7.5 x 5.5 inches. Washington Square Press/Simon & Schuster Publishers, New York, 2000.