Oriental Tales: Stories

Oriental Tales: Stories - Paperback

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Oriental Tales: Stories - Paperback

Oriental Tales: Stories - Paperback

by Marguerite Yourcenar
$16.00
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by Marguerite Yourcenar (Author), Alberto Manguel (Translator)

This collection includes: How Wand-fo was Saved, Marko's Smile, The Milk of Death, The Last Love of Princess Genji, The Man Who Loved the Nereids, Our Lady of the Swallows, Aphrodissia; the Widow, Kali Beheaded, The End of Marko Kraljevic, The Sadness of Cornelius Berg, and a Postscript by the Author.

"From China to Japan, the Balkans to India, Oriental Tales addresses love, conquest, betrayal, murder, religion, and passion in an eloquent and exquisite telling."--Kirkus Reviews.
Number of Pages: 160
Dimensions: 0.37 x 8 x 5 IN
Publication Date: March 16, 2006
ISBN9780374519971
Author Marguerite Yourcenar
PublisherFarrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2006
LanguageENG- English
Pages160
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Marguerite Yourcenar's (1903-1987) works include A Coin in Nine Hands, Fires, Two Lives and a Dream, and A Blue Tale, all published by the University of Chicago Press. Alberto Manguel is an Argentine-Canadian translator, essayist, novelist, and editor.

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