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My Grandmother's Erotic Folktales | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Antoni
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2308580
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 201
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0802116876
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780802116871
ASIN: 0802116876
Publication Date: April 9, 2001
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Product Description
Robert Antoni took the literary world by storm with his first novel, Divina Trace, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and is widely recognized as a landmark in Caribbean literature. His second novel, Blessed Is the Fruit, received extraordinary praise and was hailed by Robert Olen Butler as "an enduring work of art." My Grandmother's Erotic Folktales is a brilliantly seductive collection of folktales retold by an exotic grandmother to her innocent young grandson. Set amid the lush landscape of Corpus Christi during World War II, these erotic tales were originally meant to keep the U.S. servicemen out of the brothels -- and out of trouble. Now, in her ninety-seventh year, the widow tells these stories as a tapestry of interlocking and exaggerated memories -- all the more colorful for the retelling. Lyrical and lewd, fabulous and scatological, the tales range from absurd side-splitting asides to timeless traditional Caribbean folktales. Offered generously and playfully as a rite of passage, these tales are a tribute to Antoni's remarkable talent.
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 sexy folktales of the Carribean with plenty of farce thrown in August 23, 2007
mgd (NC)
This book was excellent. It was a blend of local folktales unique to the Carribean and erotica--and with humor and farce as well. The tales are risque and not for the easily offended but this is not pornographic or hard edged nor is there profanity. Tales include a long folktale about an erotic witch who emasculates her lovers, the Cinderella/SM tinged story of an Carribe Indian princess and her pet Iguana, and the Grandmother of the title and her adventures running a rooming house for US soldiers during WWII and her battles with a fake Colonel Sanders and a self-styled crime king. Oh, and the grandmother invents Calypso radio as well! This is a great and unusal book.
 What's Fun For Antoni, Is Not . . . . July 5, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
With none of the dignity and grace of BLESSED IS THE FRUIT (his second novel and one worthy of five stars), Antoni's long-awaited third book comes as a bit of a surprise and a disappointment. There is a certain escapism factor in MY GRANDMOTHER'S EROTIC FOLKTALES that doesn't so much offer readers an escape as it does illustrate the great need Antoni seems to have for one. It is easy to imagine the author closing himself into his writing room and writing away manically, blending his memories of West Indian life with a bizarre seasoning of childish and somewhat silly tales of sex. There is nothing erotic about MY GRANDMOTHER'S EROTIC FOLKTALES. They are more humorous than sensual, more burlesque than art, and more farcical than real. But then, that is often the case with folktales. The misleading part in Antoni's book is the word EROTIC. As usual, Antoni's strength is dialect - perfectly rendered. One can imagine the 96-year-old woman telling her ribald tales. We can hear her accent and her laughter. We can see the grin on her old, wrinkled face. There is certainly an element of reality in this book and the tales play out on the page the way they might on a stage. Indeed, it is easy to imagine a musical adaptation of Antoni's latest work. There is some interesting and shrewd political commentary going on under the surface of these tales as well and that - along with Antoni's style - save the book. The question is: will Antoni fans forgive him for having fun or will they be insulted at this indulgence of his while yearning for another masterpiece like BLESSED IS THE FRUIT?
Don't be fooled by the title! This is sensual NOT raunchy! May 5, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Don't be fooled by the title. It's not raunchy. It's sensual. Two different things. This is a brilliant mix of storytelling, colors, smells, palm trees and imagination! The grandmother narrator...she's just wild! I loved her character. She wasn't some little polite old lady. She's loud, in your face, very sexually in tuned, funny, honest (sometimes), and witty. This is a really cool book and I'm glad I had the privilege to read this wonderful book.
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