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In this collection of short stories, India’s favourite storyteller retells India’s forgotten folktales. Have you heard of Hiranmantota, the kind’s most trusted parrot who was betrayed by his master? Or of a Yakka, a creature with the face of a horse and the body of a woman? Do you know which prince married a monkey? Or about the queen who was actualy a rakshasa?Join Ruskin Bond on a fascinating journey where you will encounter generous kings and handsome princes, evil rakshasas and an angry Lord Shiva, a wise parrot and a scheming crane, a clever crab and a talking white elephant. The stories, told with Bond’s sparkling wit, are a treasure trove of fun and wisdom, fables of the perrenial battle between good and evil in which the wise always win.
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Indian Folktales Retold, Ruskin Bond
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2015
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- Titel
- Indian Folktales Retold
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Ruskin Bond
- Verlag
- Etch
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2015
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 153
- ISBN10
- 8181582381
- ISBN13
- 9788181582386
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Kinderbücher
- Bewertung
- 4,05 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- In this collection of short stories, India’s favourite storyteller retells India’s forgotten folktales. Have you heard of Hiranmantota, the kind’s most trusted parrot who was betrayed by his master? Or of a Yakka, a creature with the face of a horse and the body of a woman? Do you know which prince married a monkey? Or about the queen who was actualy a rakshasa?Join Ruskin Bond on a fascinating journey where you will encounter generous kings and handsome princes, evil rakshasas and an angry Lord Shiva, a wise parrot and a scheming crane, a clever crab and a talking white elephant. The stories, told with Bond’s sparkling wit, are a treasure trove of fun and wisdom, fables of the perrenial battle between good and evil in which the wise always win.