Cat.No: 144971 The woe shirt; Caribbean folk tales, translated by Howard A. Norman, drawings by Norman Laliberté. Paulé Bartón.

The woe shirt; Caribbean folk tales, translated by Howard A. Norman, drawings by Norman Laliberté

Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1980. Paperback. 62p., b&w illustrations (photographs of what look like soft sculptures), rubricated titlings throughout, a very good copy of the unlimited wraps edition of the original 1980 letterpress run done by Penmen Press. Barton a Trinidadian folklorist; Norman's introduction incorporates a pagelong excerpt from Peter Matthiessen's memories of him. Matthiessen blurbs the back cover most enthusiastically.

Cat.No: 144971
ISBN: 0915308363

Price: $16.00