Tales and Legends from India - Softcover

Bond, Ruskin

 
9788129119193: Tales and Legends from India
Softcover
ISBN 10: 8129119196 ISBN 13: 9788129119193
Verlag: Rupa Publications, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Here are tales from different parts of the country, from followers of different faiths; stories of kings and commoners, tribal people and townsmen. Included in this collection are stories, painstakingly culled and thoughtfully crafted, from the Mahabharata ('Shiva's Anger' and 'Shakuntala'); the Jataka ('The Hare in the Moon' and 'The Crane and the Crab') and from regional folklore ('The Tiger-King's Gift' and 'The Happy Herdsman').

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ruskin Bond is known for his signature simplistic and witty writing style. He is the author of several bestselling short stories, novellas, collections, essays and children's books; and has contributed a number of poems and articles to various magazines and anthologies. At the age of 23, he won the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, The Room on the Roof. He was also the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1999, Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi Government in 2012 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India and now lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his adopted family.

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Verlag
Rupa Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
8129119196
ISBN 13 
9788129119193
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
156
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