by Charles Johnson · Serpent's Tail · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781852421199
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«Sorcerer's Apprentice: Tales and Conjurations» is Charles Johnson's collection of short stories, in paperback from Serpent's Tail (192 pages, English).
Eight stories intertwining the real and the surreal: an Illinois farmer trains a young slave with fatal consequences, and a boy who becomes an apprentice to a rural sorcerer discovers the difference between power and force. Stories of transformation that illuminate human experiences from an unexpected perspective.
Originally published by Atheneum in 1986, this Serpent's Tail edition (1988) was the first in the UK. Nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1987.
For readers of short stories and literary fiction, with an interest in African American narrative and magical realism.
Captain Charles Johnson was the British author of the 1724 book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, whose identity remains a mystery. No record exists of a captain by this name, and "Captain Charles Johnson" is generally considered a pen name for one of London's writer-publishers. Some scholars have suggested that the author was actually Daniel Defoe, but this is disputed.
