Description: Kalila and Dimna, Paperback by Munshi, Nasrullah; Thackston, Wheeler (TRN), ISBN 1624668089, ISBN-13 9781624668081, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "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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Book Title: Kalila and Dimna
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
Topic: Animals, Middle Eastern, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Linguistics / General
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 5.5 in
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines, Fiction, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 10.1 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Nasrullah Munshi
Item Width: 0.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
