The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste: Father and Mother, First and Last

by Patricia Eakins

The first-person narrative of a savant slave, Patricia Eakins's The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste is one of the most imaginative novels in many years. From the opening pages, the reader is swept up by the linguistic fireworks of Eakins's autodidactic protagonist as he recounts "the tribulations of bondage in the sugar isles," his escape and how he was marooned, and his subsequent trials and adventures. Making expert use of historical convention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814722091
• ISBN13: 9780814722091
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A savory, exotic and most satisfying feast.

After reading The Hungry Girls, I was hungry for more of Patricia Eakins' works. The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste was a savory, exotic and most satisfying feast. It is a great pleasure to meet a mind of such imaginative brilliance, one which is able to cull from history, literature, science, myth, philosophy, religion and fantasy and create a tale of excitement, adventure, adversity, humor and humanity in which every line is a poetic gem. It brought to mind Rabelais, Borges, Heironymus Bosch but stands alone in its own originality. I loved this book and have recommended it to everyone I know who loves great literature. Brava, Patricia Eakins.