One Hundred More Wisdom Stories

Title

en_US One Hundred More Wisdom Stories

Description

en_US First edition

en_US Margaret Silf

Creator

en_US Silf, Margaret See all items with this value

Date

2016-08-26T13:39:01Z

en_US 2015-07

en_US 2013

Date Available

2016-08-26T13:39:01Z

Date Issued

en_US 2013

Abstract

en_US "This book presents one hundred numbered short wisdom stories. I am a bit surprised to find only two fables among them, but perhaps that discovery confirms my sense that parables probe our depths while fables challenge our perceptions. We should expect more parables than fables in a book like this. The two fables that I find are #86, "The sun and the north wind," and #87, "Donkey in the well." Silf tells the first without making the frequent mistake of giving away the mystery within the bet itself. In fact, there is in this version no bet. The result is that "the north wind subsided, and went back to the hills to think things over" (165). The second story is like that about the fly that made butter. The "useless" donkey who fell down the well has dirt thrown on him to bury him in the well. Each time they throw dirt on him, he kicks it off and steps on top of it. He gradually works his way to the top of the well. "When life throws dirt at you, use it to rise above it.""

Identifier

en_US 10859 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/91457

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Lion Hudson

en_US Oxford, England

Subject

en_US GR76.O54 2013 See all items with this value

en_US Margaret Silf See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole