num_pages: 128
description: Drawn from a harsh world of slavery, sugar plantations and hunger, this collection of Creole folktales is based on stories which the author heard as a child.
language: English
title: Strange Words
titlecomplete: Strange Words
genres: Literature, Folk Tales, Mythology, France, Fiction, Short Stories, Folklore, Africa
ratings_count: 131
series: Contes des sages
publisher: Granta Books