Lao Folktales - Paperback

Here in one slim volume is a selection of the best-known and best-loved Lao folktales that have entertained the Lao people for generations. We meet the legendary trickster Xieng Mieng who matches his wits with merchants, monks, and kings. We find a quick-witted toad that terrifies tigers, a turtle that flies, a cadre of snails that race a rabbit, and a mynah bird that speaks five languages fluently.The reader may recognize a whisper of Aesop or a Jataka tale, but each story is distinctively Lao, retold with Lao humor and charm reflecting a Buddhist culture in a Marxist state. Works by Anoulom Souvandouane, the foremost illustrator in Laos, enliven the stories.

• | Author: Steven Jay Epstein
• | Publisher: Silkworm Books
• | Publication Date: Jan 19, 2006
• | Number of Pages: 124 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 9749575873
• | ISBN-13: 9789749575871