Susan W. (Suz) reviewed on 5/8/2007 + 725 more book reviews

From the back cover: "It is remarkable to have a novel included in the Natural History Library, but 'Return to Laughter' is a remarkable novel. A vivid and dramatic account of the profound change experienced by an American anthropologist in her first year as an intimate of a primitive bush tribe in Africa, it provides deep insights into the indigenous culture of West Africa, the subtle web of tribal life, the power of the institution of witchcraft. Primarily, however, it is a classic story of the outsider caught up and deeply, personally involved in an alien culture..."

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