Parallel Worlds: An Anthropologist and a Writer Encounter Africa

This suspenseful and moving memoir of Africa recounts the experiences of Alma Gottlieb, an anthropologist, and Philip Graham, a fiction writer, as they lived in two remote villages in the rain forest of Cote d'Ivoire. With an unusual coupling of first-person narratives, their alternate voices tell a story imbued with sweeping narrative power, humility, and gentle humor. Parallel Worlds is a unique look at Africa, anthropological fieldwork, and the artistic process.

"A remarkable look at a remote society [and] an engaging memoir that testifies to a loving partnership ... compelling." — James Idema, Chicago Tribune

• Author
• Alma Gottlieb, Philip Graham

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 343

• Publisher
• University of Chicago Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780226305066

• Genres
• anthropology

• Release date
• 1994