Research Catalog

Title

Kalila and Dimna : fables of friendship and betrayal / retold by Ramsay Wood ; illustrated by Margaret Kilrenny ; introduction by Doris Lessing.

Author

Wood, Ramsay, 1943-

Publication

London ; Berkeley, Calif. : Saqi, 2008.

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Description

301 p. : ill.; 20 cm.

Summary

The tales of Kalila and Dimna, also known as The Panchatantra, Kalila wa Dimna and The Fables of Bidpai, originated around two thousand years ago. These charming and humorous stories about animals have since found their way, in one form or another, into the folklore of every major culture and tradition. What links the fables is the core message about managing power, wise leadership and the value of true friendship. In his retelling of Kalila and Dimna, Ramsay Wood deftly knits several oral storytelling traditions into a captivating literary style. This version from all major ancient texts is the first new compendium in English since 1570. Young and old alike will treasure these beautifully illustrated tales--

Uniform Title

Fables of Bidpai. English

Subject

• Fables

Genre/Form

Fables

Note

• Originally published: Kalila and Dimna : selected fables of Bidpai. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
• Includes "Abbreviated pedigree of the Bidpai literature (extracted from Jacobs's 1888 reprint of The morall philosophie of Doni)."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / by Doris Lessing -- King Dabschelim -- Dr. Bidpai -- Convergence -- 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, the leopard, the crow and the jckal -- The sandpipers and the sea -- Chitchat turtle and the geese -- The apes and the bybody bird -- Sneaky, straight and the tree -- The iron eating mice -- In between -- 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 -- Doctor's orders -- Postscript / by Prof. [Christine] van Ruymbeke.

ISBN

• 0863566618 (pbk.)
• 9780863566615 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 195690790
• SCSB-12709273

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library