Lao Folktales

by Epstein, Steven Jay
ISBN: 9789749575871
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Overview

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, enliven the stories.

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Epstein, Steven Jay
  • ISBN: 9789749575871
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 7.72 x 0.34
  • Number Of Pages: 124
  • Publication Year: 2006
Language: English

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