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Bezig met laden... Told by Starlight in Chad (1962)door Joseph Brahim Seid
Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This compact book tells traditional stories and folk tales from the African nation of Chad. This is a translation done in 2006, published in 2007, of a much older book written originally in French. (The translator engaged with the author's daughter in Chad during the translation process.) The book includes 14 tales the author describes as traditional stories that are recounted during nights by the fire during village celebrations. Directionally similar to A Thousand Nights and a Night, the stories are often archetypal, but they are much shorter and geographically specific to Chad. Sometime quaint and clever but more often laden with artificially erudite and unnecessary adjectives, the book leaves one wishing they could experience the stories orally around a fire in the African savanna. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Romanticised scenes from Seid's boyhood as well as stories from the golden age of empires and other timeless tales in this collection evoke positive images of Chad and Africa more generally. African readers, young and old, regardless of locality, will hear echoes of the folktales, fables and legends narrated by their grandmothers of an evening by the fire under the stars. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)398.2096743Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography African folktales Sub-Saharan AfricaLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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An excellent collection of short myths, legends, and folk tales from Chad. This book deserves to be far better known than it is, and I'm half tempted to shell out fifteen bucks to Amazon to have my own copy. ( )