Lao Folktales

Here in one slim volume is a selection of the best-known and best-loved Lao folktales that have...
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SKU: 9789749575871
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Author: Steven Jay Epstein
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Lao Folktales by Epstein, Steven Jay

Lao Folktales

$46.43

Lao Folktales

$46.43
Author: Steven Jay Epstein
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.



Author: Steven Jay Epstein
Publisher: Silkworm Books
Published: 01/19/2006
Pages: 124
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.20w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9789749575871

About the Author

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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