Nasreddin Hodja

By Alpay Kabacalı

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9754791236
• ISBN13: 9789754791235
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Milet Publishing Ltd
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Interesting stories

The themes of the stories cover not just the age when Nasreddin Hodja lived but also the adventures of Turkish people over the centuries. In ancient times Nasreddin Hodja stories were spread by word of mouth over a vast area. Today, the stories are told in a vast geographic area extending from E. Turkmenistan to Hungary and from Siberia to No. Africa and have been translated into many languages. Nasreddin Hodja stories are told in such succinct phrases that the last phrase of the stories which is uttered by Hodja have become popular epigrams or sayings like "laying flour on rope," "making it look like a bird," "the quilt is gone, the fight is over," "cutting the branach one is sitting on," etc I enjoyed reading the stories to my granddaughter. Good illustrations