Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar - Softcover

McElroy, Colleen J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0295981156 ISBN 13: 9780295981154

Publisher: University of Washington Press, 2001

Synopsis

Gifted travel writer, poet, professor of English, and insightful observer of human nature, Colleen McElroy journeyed to Madagascar to undertake a Fulbright research project exploring Malagasy oral traditions and myths. In Over the Lip of the World she depicts with equal verve the various storytelling traditions of the island and her own adventures in trying to find and record them.

McElroy’s tale of an African American woman’s travels among the people of Madagascar is told with wit, insight, and humor. Throughout it she interweaves English translations of Malagasy stories of heroism and morality, royalty and commoners, love and revenge, and the magic of tricksters and shapechangers.

About this title

Book Description:

A gifted travel writer and poet tells of her journey to Madagascar to explore Malagasy oral traditions and myths

About the Author:

Colleen J. McElroy is professor of English and creative writing at the University of Washington. Her many publications include several volumes of poetry--Traveling Music, What Madness Brought Me Here, and Queen of the Ebony Isles, winner of the American Book Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0295981156
• ISBN 13: 9780295981154
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250