Folktales from Iraq

Book Overview

Who would not shudder when entering the skeleton-lined cave of the queen of the dead? How would a young man and his sister escape from the prison of a treacherous sultan? How would a poor farmer gain the hand of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest sheik? These and thirteen more tales are spun in this stunning collection of sixteen traditional stories from the Shia tribes of southern Iraq. Gathered in the late 1940s and deftly translated to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812219139
• ISBN13: 9780812219135
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Pine Street Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.6"