Author

Contributions

  • Graham, Philip, 1951- - Contributor

Publication

1994 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

81,000 words, Guess

Page Count

324 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing564645
  • Goodreads33419

Classifications

  • DDC306.4/0899634
  • LCCDT545.45.B45 G73 1994

Description

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.

Subjects

Topics

ReligionFieldworkEthnologyField workCote d'ivoireBeng PhilosophyPhilosophy, Beng

Other Editions

  • Parallel worldsUniversity of Chicago Press1994

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