Swamp Stomp by Paul Stickland

Swamp Stomp by Paul Stickland

This masterful translation of one of the most popular books of world literature makes available to an English readership the animal tales known collectively as>Kalila and Dimna. Named after the two jackals of>Pancatantra fame, this collection of stories is based on a 12th-century Persian translation of an 8th-century original Arabic rendition by Ibn al-Muqaffa'. Set within a frame narrative of counsels given to the Raja of India by his Brahmin minister, the engaging tales about cats and mice, storks and crabs, tortoises and geese, owls and crows, and princes and ascetics, function as cautionary illustrations of human predicaments and all-too-human vices and virtues. Far from being a collection of children's fables, Kalila and Dimna is a Machiavellian mirror for princes containing advice on how to preserve oneself from one's enemies and get ahead at court and in life. The dialogues that constitute the bulk of the narrative harbor a dramatic immediacy, exerting>a powerful effect even on a modern-day reader.
--Maria Subtelny, University of Toronto

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ISBN 13	9781857141061
ISBN 10	1857141067
Title	Swamp Stomp
Author	Paul Stickland
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Ragged Bears
Year published	1998-01-03
Number of pages	16
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