"This masterful translation of one of the most popular books of world literature makes available to an English readership the animal tales known collectively as Kalila and Dimna. Named

Kalila and Dimna

"This masterful translation of one of the most popular books of world literature makes available to an English readership the animal tales known collectively as Kalila and Dimna. Named after the two jackals of Pancatantra fame, this collection of stories is based on a 12th-century Persian translation of an 8th-century original Arabic rendition by Ibn al-Muqaffaâ€˜. Set within a frame narrative of counsels given to the Raja of India by his Brahmin minister, the engaging tales about cats and mice, storks and crabs, tortoises and geese, owls and crows, and princes and ascetics, function as cautionary illustrations of human predicaments and all-too-human vices and virtues. Far from being a collection of childrenâ€™s fables, Kalila and Dimna is a Machiavellian mirror for princes containing advice on how to preserve oneself from oneâ€™s enemies and get ahead at court and in life. The dialogues that constitute the bulk of the narrative harbor a dramatic immediacy, exerting a powerful effect even on a modern-day reader."
â€”Maria Subtelny, University of Toronto
Country USA
Brand Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Manufacturer Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781624668081
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Manufacturer	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781624668081
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Kalila and Dimna