Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar

Gifted travel writer, poet, professor of English, and insightful observer of human nature, Colleen McElroy journeyed to Madagascar to undertake a Fulbright research project exploring Malagasy oral traditions and myths. In Over the Lip of the World she depicts with equal verve the various storytelling traditions of the island and her own adventures in trying to find and record them.

McElroy's tale of an African American woman's travels among the people of Madagascar is told with wit, insight, and humor. Throughout it she interweaves English translations of Malagasy stories of heroism and morality, royalty and commoners, love and revenge, and the magic of tricksters and shapechangers.

Author: Colleen J. McElroy
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 04/01/2001
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.20h x 6.10w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780295981154

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 70