Louisiana: A Novel

by Erna Brodber

Book Overview

This is the first American publication of Brodber's eagerly awaited third novel. In Louisiana: A Novel she explores her continuing fascination with the power of the past to live in the present.

Here, Ella Townsend, a young African American anthropologist whose roots are Caribbean, researches Louisiana folklife and discovers not only the world of voodoo and carnival but also the mystical connection of the living and the dead. With her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578060311
• ISBN13: 9781578060313
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"