The Pomegranate Princess and Other Tales from India - Hardcover

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9780814323298: The Pomegranate Princess and Other Tales from India

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ISBN 10: 0814323294 ISBN 13: 9780814323298

Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr, 1991

On these pages we meet adventurous princes, romantic princesses, wily peasants, tricky animals--and an abundance of monsters, "djinns," gods, goddesses, and powerful magicians. In colorful, exotic settings reminiscent of "The Arabian Nights," brave heroes and virtuous heroines triumph over the forces of evil, often with fantastical or comic results.

These folktales, collected orally in the desert state of Rajasthan in 1986-87, are eloquent reflections of the great cultural traditions of India, and are stories that bring enchantment to audiences everywhere.

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Book Description:

Reminiscent of "The Arabian Nights," brave heroes and virtuous heroines triumph over the forces of evil, often with fantastical or comic results.

About the Author:

Edward Hower teaches English and third world literature at Ithaca College and Cornell University. He has recently returned from India where he was a Fulbright lecturer. Hower recorded the tales in this collection in
1986-7 when he was in India as an Indo American Senior Research Fellow. Edward Hower received a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education from Makerere University in Uganda, and an M.A. in social anthropology from the University of California in Los
Angeles. He is the author of two novels The New Life Hotel and Wolf Tickets and numerous short stories, essays, and reviews.

M. K. Mukerjee, a graduate of Alahabad University, is a retired teacher and school administrator in Jaipur, India.

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