Tales and Legends from India - Softcover

Bond, Ruskin

 
9788129119193: Tales and Legends from India

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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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"Ruskin Bond is the author of several bestselling novels and collections of short stories, essays, and poems. These include The Room on the Roof (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); A Flight of Pigeons; The Night Train at Deoli; Time Stops at Shamli; Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra (winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award); Angry River; The Blue Umbrella; Delhi Is Not Far; Rain in the Mountains; Tigers for Dinner; Tales of Fosterganj; A Gathering of Friends; Upon an Old Wall Dreaming; Small Towns, Big Stories; Unhurried Tales; A Gallery of Rascals; Rhododendrons in the Mist; Miracle at Happy Bazaar (winner of the Kalinga Literary Festival Children's Book of the Year, 2021); It's a Wonderful Life; The Shadow on the Wall; Song of the Forest; The Last Tiger; and The Gold Collection. Ruskin Bond was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999, a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi government in 2012, and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. He was selected for a Sahitya Akademi Fellowship."

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ISBN 10:  0531040739 ISBN 13:  9780531040737
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