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Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the seventeenth-century Caribbean, the story follows Jean Smeeks, a young boy kidnapped and sold into indentured servitude. Under the mentorship of an African slave healer and a French surgeon, he becomes a medical officer for a pirate crew. Smeeks navigates the duality of his existence as both a healer and a participant in piracy, exploring themes of identity and morality amidst a chaotic world of outcasts and adventurers.
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They're Cows, We're Pigs, Carmen Boullosa
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- They're Cows, We're Pigs
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Carmen Boullosa
- Publisher
- Grove Atlantic
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN13
- 9780802137869
- Category
- Fiction, Maps and Travel
- Description
- Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the seventeenth-century Caribbean, the story follows Jean Smeeks, a young boy kidnapped and sold into indentured servitude. Under the mentorship of an African slave healer and a French surgeon, he becomes a medical officer for a pirate crew. Smeeks navigates the duality of his existence as both a healer and a participant in piracy, exploring themes of identity and morality amidst a chaotic world of outcasts and adventurers.