Description: Further DetailsTitle: Folktales from IraqCondition: NewISBN-10: 0812219139EAN: 9780812219135ISBN: 9780812219135Publisher: Pine Street BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/27/2005Description: Who would not shudder when entering the skeleton-lined cave of the queen of the dead? How would a young man and his sister escape from the prison of a treacherous sultan? How would a poor farmer gain the hand of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest sheik? These and thirteen more tales are spun in this stunning collection of sixteen traditional stories from the Shia tribes of southern Iraq. Gathered in the late 1940s and deftly translated to capture the elegance of the originals, these tales are full of action, adventure, love, and humor and are sure to delight anyone who has ever fallen under the spell of the Scheherezade.Appearing here for the first time in paperback, the stories in Folktales from Iraq, each accompanied by specially commissioned engravings, allow the reader to travel to a distant, imaginary land swirling with great fortunes, terrifying predicaments, and quick-witted heroes.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmIllustrator: John Buckland WrightContributor: John Buckland Wright (Illustrated by), C. G. Campbell (Edited by), C. G. Campbell (Edited and translated by)Genre: Society & CultureBook Series: Pine Street BooksTopic: Language & ReferenceAuthor: John Buckland WrightRelease Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Folktales from Iraq
Title: Folktales from Iraq
ISBN-10: 0812219139
EAN: 9780812219135
ISBN: 9780812219135
Release Date: 04/27/2005
Release Year: 2005
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Illustrator: John Buckland Wright
Contributor: C. G. Campbell (Edited and translated by)
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Folktales from Iraq
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Subject: Middle East / Iraq, Middle Eastern, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year: 2005
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 10.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: C. G. Campbell
Item Length: 8.2 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Literary Collections, History
Series: Pine Street Bks.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
