The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa--with a letter from Mma Ramotswe
by McCall Smith, Alexander
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375423125
- ISBN 13
- 9780375423123
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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Synopsis
Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana. A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into a bird with feathers made of leaves that enable him to fly into the light . . . Talking hyenas, milk-giving birds, clever cannibals who nonetheless get their comeuppance, and mysterious forces that reside in the landscape--these wonderful fables bring us the wealth, the variety, and the particular magic of traditional African lore.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029690
- Title
- The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa--with a letter from Mma Ramotswe
- Author
- McCall Smith, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375423125
- ISBN 13
- 9780375423123
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Keywords
- NDEBELE (AFRICAN PEOPLE) -FOLKORE TSWANA (AFRICAN PEOPLE-FOLK LORE TALES--ZIMBABWE TALES-BOTSWANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Inspirational;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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