Afro-American Folktales

Afro-American Folktales by Roger D. Abrahams

A collection of folktales, from the West Indies as well as the United States.

A lot of beast tales, including some recognizable variants on fairy tale types-- some fairy tales, not too many. Heavy on trickster tales. Some distinctly bawdy.

time passes

The first 30 pages of the novel cover the first 14 years of the heroine's life. Makes the problem of indicating passing time urgent.

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