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Lao Folktales by Steven Jay Epstein, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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Lao Folktales by Steven Jay Epstein, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
From Steven Jay Epstein
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From Steven Jay Epstein
Lao Folktales by Steven Jay Epstein, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Original price: $19.99
Current price: $15.77
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Size: 0.26 x 7.75 x 110
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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. | Lao Folktales by Steven Jay Epstein, Paperback | Indigo Chapters