{"product_id":"folktales-of-india","title":"Folktales of India","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFolktales of India\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJawaharlal Beck, Brenda E. F.; Claus, Peter J.; Goswami, Praphulladatta; Handoo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780226040837\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1999\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e389\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating, wide-ranging collection of folk stories from one of the world's oldest civilizations\u003c\/b\u003e Bringing together nearly one hundred tales translated from fourteen languages, \u003ci\u003eFolktales of India\u003c\/i\u003e opens the vast narrative world of Indian folklore to readers of English. Beck includes oral tales collected from tribal areas, peasant groups, urban areas, and remote villages in north and south India, and the distinctive boundary regions of Kashmir, Assam, and Manipur. The tales in this collection emphasize universal human characteristics--truthfulness, modesty, loyalty, courage, generosity, and honesty. Each story is meant to be savored individually with special attention given to the great range of motifs presented and the many distinct narrative styles used. \u003ci\u003eFolktales of India\u003c\/i\u003e offers a superb anthology of India's bountiful narrative tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Folktales of India | Jawaharlal Beck, Brenda E. F.; Claus, Peter J.; Goswami, Praphulladatta; Handoo | Paperback | 9780226040837 | New | Folklore 1784664","offer_id":50777787105538,"sku":"1784664","price":39.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/719IR8FBNCL.jpg?v=1792167832","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/folktales-of-india","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}