088173
New Delhi etc.
1994
13,5×20,5
meki
348
engleski
Price: 15,00 EUR
Folktales from India (1991), compiled and translated by acclaimed scholar A. K. Ramanujan, is a landmark collection of 110 oral stories from 22 Indian languages. It bypasses classical texts in favor of vibrant, living stories passed down by ordinary housetellers, capturing a wide variety of human experiences. The tales transport readers to a fabular world of demons and ogresses while keeping them firmly grounded in relatable, everyday familial conflicts. Unlike many European fairy tales, these stories can be dark, violent, highly salacious, or fiercely adult. A. K. Ramanujan (1929–1993) was an expert in South Asian civilizations. He combed through roughly 3,000 oral tales to select and preserve 110 representative narratives. In his definitive introduction and notes, he highlights that folklore acts as the "language of the illiterate" and documents the dynamic, fluid nature of storytelling.
