My Grandmother's Erotic Folktales

By Robert Antoni

Book Overview

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 literary praise and was hailed by Robert Olen Butler as "an enduring work of art." My Grandmother's Erotic Folktales is a seductive collection of folktales retold by an exotic grandmother to her innocent young grandson. Set amid the lush landscape of the island of Corpus Christi during World War II, these erotic tales were originally meant to keep the U.S. servicemen who were stationed on the island 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. "May infuse even the most jaded adult readers with a strangely rejuvenating delight." -- The Seattle Times "Sly as it is funny and revealing as it is bold." -- The Miami Herald "As surprising and luminous as a hidden tropical waterfall" -- The Washington Post

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802139000
• ISBN13: 9780802139009
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

sexy folktales of the Carribean with plenty of farce thrown in

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.

Don't be fooled by the title! This is sensual NOT raunchy!

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.