{"product_id":"oxherding-tale","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.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50804501184744,"sku":"9780743264495","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/9539\/3512\/files\/imageloader_8919600a-3d83-46b6-9ad5-b26088b5c0e1.jpg?v=1790299911","url":"https:\/\/shop.kuumba.app\/products\/oxherding-tale","provider":"Kuumba","version":"1.0","type":"link"}