| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
pt. 1: King Dabschelim -- pt. 2: Dr. Bidpai -- pt. 3: Convergence -- pt. 4: Kalila and Dimna. The carpenter's monkey -- The fox and the drum -- The dervish and the thief -- The crow, the snake, and the jackal -- The crane and the crab -- The lion and the hare -- The three fish -- The bedbug and the flea -- The cormorant and the star -- The camel, the lion, and the leopard -- The crow and the jackal -- The sandpipers and the sea -- Chitchat turtle and the geese -- The apes and the busybody bird -- Sneaky, straight and the tree -- The iron eating mice -- pt. 5: In between -- pt. 6: Zirac and friends. Super Rat and the monks -- Mrs. Sadili and the sesame seeds -- The wolf who wished to hoard -- The pet of a prince -- pt. 7: Doctor's orders. |
| Summary |
This volume a collection of fables, made up of dozens of linked stories, mostly involving animal characters, with each story slotting into another within a whole "over-story". Originally these stories came from India over 2000 years ago, where they were collected into a book called The Panchatantra. Taken together, the tales ostensibly constitute a handbook for rulers, illustrating and explaining a series of admonitions on how to run a kingdom, on the conduct proper to a king, on the use of spies, on the legal system, on how to create a village, etc. But in their slyly profound grasp of human nature at its best -- and, more often, at its worst -- they are clearly meant as good counsel for all of us. |
| Subject |
Fables.
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| Added Title |
Fables of Bidpai. English.
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| ISBN |
0394506936 hardcover |
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9780394506937 hardcover |
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