{"product_id":"oxherding-tale-charles-johnson-9780743264495","title":"Oxherding Tale","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom National Book Award-winning author, Charles Johnson, comes a wonderful mythic novel, part slave narrative, part comedy, part myth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efirst published in 1982 this phenomenally imaginative work marries Johnson's knowledge of philosophy, religion, race and history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night in the antebellum South, a slave owner and his African American butler stay up to all hours until, too drunk to face their wives, they switch places in each other's beds. The result is a hilarious imbroglio and an offspring--Andrew Hawkins, whose life becomes \u003ci\u003eOxherding Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough sexual escapades, picaresque adventures, and philosophical inquiry, Hawkins navigates white and black worlds and comments wryly on human nature along the way. Told with pure genius, \u003ci\u003eOxherding\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTale\u003c\/i\u003e is a deliciously funny, bitterly ironic account of slavery, racism, and the human spirit--and it reveals the author as a great talent with even greater humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743264495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743264495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 4.68w x 0.52d","brand":"Charles Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986662359295,"sku":"9780743264495","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e0c7133-ad1b-4d40-ab37-f72fbb607a8d.jpg?v=1683284602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oxherding-tale-charles-johnson-9780743264495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}