Lao Folktales
Here in one slim volume is a selection of the best-known and best-loved Lao folktales that have entertained the Lao people for generations. We meet the legendary trickster Xieng Mieng who matches his wits with merchants, monks, and kings. We find a quick-witted toad that terrifies tigers, a turtle that flies, a cadre of snails that race a rabbit, and a mynah bird that speaks five languages fluently. The reader may recognize a whisper of Aesop or a Jataka tale, but each story is distinctively Lao, retold with Lao humor and charm reflecting a Buddhist culture in a Marxist state. Works by Anoulom Souvandouane, the foremost illustrator in Laos, e…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-974-9575-87-1
- EAN: 9789749575871
- Produktnummer: 2251862
- Verlag: Silkworm Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 113 S.
- Masse: H19.6 cm x B13.2 cm x D0.9 cm 118 g
- Gewicht: 118
- Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.
Über den Autor
Steven Epstein lived in Laos from 1990 to 1997. He worked for the Swedish government setting up English training programs in different ministries.
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