Shusha Guppy

Broschiertes Buch

The Secret of Laughter

Magical Tales from Classical Persia

Beschreibung

A collection of stories, gathered from the Persian folk and fairytales. It narrates fables of princes and princesses; dervishes and miracle-working saints; jinns and giants; and, flame-breathing dragons and winged horses. It reflects cultural and psychological insights into the attitudes, values and structures which constitute Iranian society.

Autor

Shusha Guppy was born and brought up in Iran. She went to Paris when she was 17 to study at the Sorbonne, and moved to London in the early 1960s. London editor of The Paris Review, she contributed to publications on both sides of the Atlantic. A well-known writer and singer/songwriter, she was also the author of the prize winning The Blindfold Horse and A Girl in Paris (both Tauris Parke Paperbacks). She died in 2008, aged 72.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 129mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9781845116958
• ISBN-10: 184511695X
• Artikelnr.: 23310786