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An account of the life and times of an African man of letters 'whose ambitions were realized in strange and unexpected ways, yet who made peace with several gods and established a realm of equality & freedom & bounty in which no creature lives from another's labor'. It bridges not only human cultures but the chasm between human and animal.

The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste

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      Publisher: New York University Press
      Publication Date: 5/1/1999
      ISBN13: 9780814722091, 978-0814722091
      ISBN10: 0814722091
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      Book Synopsis
      An account of the life and times of an African man of letters 'whose ambitions were realized in strange and unexpected ways, yet who made peace with several gods and established a realm of equality & freedom & bounty in which no creature lives from another's labor'. It bridges not only human cultures but the chasm between human and animal.

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