The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
by McCall Smith, Alexander
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- near fine
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- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1402594275
- ISBN 13
- 9781402594274
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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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- Seller's Inventory #
- 021617
- Title
- The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
- Author
- McCall Smith, Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1402594275
- ISBN 13
- 9781402594274
- Publisher
- Recorded Books
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
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- Fm
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