Description
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.
Author: Steven Jay Epstein
Publisher: Silkworm Books
Published: 01/19/2006
Pages: 124
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.20w x 0.34d
ISBN13: 9789749575871
ISBN10: 9749575873
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Asian | General
About the Author
Steven Epstein lived in Laos from 1990 to 1997. He worked for the Swedish government setting up English training programs in different ministries.