Girl Who Married A Lion

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Canongate
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: First Edition

Description: 174 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Ndebele people of Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, from whom these stories originate, are renowned as the proud descendants of the Zulu nation. They are also the possessors of a language rich in beauty and musicality. From animal fables to mysterious forces residing in the landscape, this collection demonstrates the wealth and variety of African folk tales and the particular magic of Africas spiritual roots: a sense of unity with the environment. Simple, surprising, cruel and humorous, these beautifully rendered tales show McCall Smiths renowned story-telling skills and his love of Africa, and remain as fresh and vital as in the original idiom. The authors prose has the merits of simplicity, euphony and precision…This is art that conceals art. I havent read anything with such unalloyed pleasure for a long time. — Sunday Telegraph McCall Smith is a splendid storyteller. — Globe And Mail Highly amusing, intelligent and heart-warming. — Scotland On Sunday

ISBN: 9781841955308