Charles Johnson,
University of Washington professor and author ("Middle
Passage"), has recently received an Academy Award in Literature
from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(1995)
A work of
courage and
compassion,
virtuosity and
intelligence...
Johnson
skillfully
avoids
melodramatic
platitudes
while creating
suspense and
comedy, pathos
and nostalgia.
In the process
he invents
rich
variations on
questions
about sex,
race, and
class." --Village
Voice
Category
Fiction
Historical
General
Contributors
ISBN:
0452275032
Publisher:
Plume
1995
Plume edition
contains a new
introdution by
the author.
Other editions
include: Oxherding
Tale
(Bloomington,
IN: Indiana
University
Press, 1982). Oxherding
Tale
(British edition
by Blonde &
Briggs, 1983). Oxherding
Tale (Grove
Press edition,
1984). Le Conte du
bouvier,
French
translation of
the novel Oxherding
Tale,
(Paris:
Flammarion,
1986). Il Racconto
del Mandriano,
Italian
translation of
the novel Oxherding
Tale,
published by
Edizioni E/O,
April, 1990.
Dutch
translation
rights sold to
Arena, February,
1992. Oxherding
Tale,
Canongate (UK)
edition
(September,
2000)