Kalila and Dimna: Selected Fables of Bidpai.

Title

en_US Kalila and Dimna: Selected Fables of Bidpai.

en_US A Paladin Book

Description

en_US Ramsay Wood

Creator

en_US Wood, Ramsay See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Kilrenny, Margaret

en_US Lessing, Doris (Essayist)

Date

2016-01-25T15:23:19Z

en_US 1991-01

en_US 1982

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:23:19Z

Date Issued

en_US 1982

Abstract

en_US Some of the most delightful reading I have done in a while. Wood has skillfully arranged Friendship stories from Bidpai in a delightful contemporary story within story compendium: racy, vigorous, full of zest, funny as Lessing declares. The outer layer of the story concerns Bidpai and the King; the next level deals with The Lion and Schanzibah and Zirac the Rat. Other stories are folded in, chiefly around the jackal brothers Kalila and Iago-like Dimna at the lion's court. The T of C lists most of the fables, including the Aesopic TT (148). Other excellent cycles and stories include: The Monkey Carpenter (49), The Dervish (63), and The Poisoned Madam (68). Pleasing little drawings, often based on Bodleian Pococke 400. The first English Bidpai since 1888. It is unfortunate that Wood relied only on English versions.

Identifier

en_US 586084096

en_US 951 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75739

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Granada Paperback

en_US London

Subject

en_US PN989.I5 B4 1982 See all items with this value

en_US Bidpai See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole