Author: Lakshminath Bezbaroa
Aruna Devi Mukerjea/
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 234
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171678084
Description
This exquisite collection of tales comes from the land where the Brahmaputra flows. Demons, princes, wizards and peasants inhabit these stories which occasionally allow the reader charming glimpses of rural Assamese life.
These are tales, which have withstood the test of time and have been enjoyed by generations of readers. Joy, sadness, mirth, sorrow-life is represented in all its myriad shades, but there is a common principle underlying all these tales, that virtue has its rewards and wickedness never goes unpunished.
Contents
Volume I
The Stork and the Priest
The Orange Princess
The Son-in-law
The Night-Blind Son-in-law
The Story of a Sanyasi
The King and the Barber
The Hunchback and the Blind man
The Spirit and the Broomstick
The Story of An Elephant and An Owl
Kon And Mon
The Witch and The Wizard
The Big Thief
The Cloth Fit for the Gods
The Demon Teacher
Volume II
The Plum Tree
The Princess with the Thirty-Two Lucky Sings
The Luck of a Priest
The Old Man and His Five Sons
The Dumb Princess
The Prince's First Tale
The Prince's Third Tale
The King's Son and The Jackal
The Dwarf Prince
The Wise Old Man
The Mad Jackal
Volume III
The Simpleton King and his Ministers
The Six friends and The Demoness
The Tale of Big-Tummy
The Two Princes
The Gold-showering King
The Priest and the Prienstess
Nomol and Sonepahi