Folktales from India - Softcover

Ramanujan, A. K.

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ISBN 10: 0143066439 ISBN 13: 9780143066439

Publisher: PENGUIN MODERN CLASSIC, 2009

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Folklore pervades childhoods, families and communities and is the language of the illiterate even in large, modern cities, folklore-proverbs, lullabies, folk medicine, folktales-is only a suburb away, a cousin or a grandmother away wherever people live, folklore grows india is a country of many languages, religions, sects and cultures it is a land of many myths and countless stories translated from twenty-two indian languages, these one hundred and ten tales cover most of the regions of india and represent favorite's narratives from the subcontinent ak ramanujan's outstanding selection is an indispensable guide to the richness and vitality of india's ageless oral folklore tradition

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