Fables from Kaleeleh and Demneh

Title

en_US Fables from Kaleeleh and Demneh

en_US 0

Description

en_US Language note: Bilingual: English/Arabic

adapted by Ali R. Amir-Moez

Creator

en_US Amir-Moez, Ali R. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Amir-Moez?, Ali R.

Date

2020-01-23T19:30:37Z

2019-12

en_US 1962

Date Available

2020-01-23T19:30:37Z

Date Issued

en_US 1962

Abstract

en_US There are already two copies of "Penitence, or Kaleeleh and Demneh" by this translator. This is a 64-page stapled pamphlet about 10" x 7". There are thirty numbered stories, each with one or two rather crude black-and-white lithographs. The drawing on the front cover brings together several of the characters. The monkey fails to follow the carpenter's example of putting in a new peg before taking the old peg out; his tail gets caught between the pieces of lumber. The story of the camel's self-sacrifice is told as an example of stupidity (7-9). The turtle's question while flying to people shouting and laughing is "Are you jealous?" (11). The booklet's best illustration may be of the two men in the story of iron-eating mice (13). "The Monkey and the Alligator" is well told here. The alligator has a qualm of conscience on the way to his sick wife and admits his mission to the monkey (34-36). The final story of the four friends concludes strangely halfway, when the hunter has caught the turtle. The stories end often by quoting an "old saying," very few of which I recognize as an old saying in English. The typing of this book is uneven, with surprising spaces.

Identifier

en_US 12168 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/125864

Language

en_US eng|ara

Publisher

en_US Edwards Brothers

en_US Ann Arbor, MI

Subject

en_US GR290.A537 1962 See all items with this value

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