About the book: year / Louisiana, early 19th century. Having become a slave to a scoundrel innkeeper, the Creole Gayla escapes with the help of the cheerful tramp Remy, who teaches her the difficult art of being a man. Note: At the beginning of the century before last, Louisiana was transferred to the United States, and the Creoles, also known as Cajuns, that is, people with mixed blood, immediately turned from the elite into subhuman slaves. Actually, this determined the fate of the heroine of the story.