Kirin Narayan

• Dec-2002
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A long-lost collection of Indian fairy tales transcribed by the daughter of the British governor of Bombay.

In the cold months of 1865, young Mary Frere and her father, Bartle Frere, British governor of Bombay, set out in a caravan across th...

• Jun-1997
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Oral tales establish relationships between storytellers and their listeners. Yet most printed collections of folktales contain only stories, stripped of the human contexts in which they are told. If storytellers are mentioned at all, they are rarely ...

• Jun-1997
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Oral tales establish relationships between storytellers and their listeners. Yet most printed collections of folktales contain only stories, stripped of the human contexts in which they are told. If storytellers are mentioned at all, they are rarely ...

• Jan-1995
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Gita, a shy Indian graduate student studying at Berkeley, is assured by her beloved Aunty that she will meet her Mr. Right in Chaitra 2040--March 1984--and several intriguing males materialize, but none of them seems quite right. Reprint....

• Feb-1994
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Believing her aunt's predictions, Gita, a young Indian graduate student, is certain that she will meet her jori, or Mr. Right, in March of 1984. By the author of Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels. 25,000 first printing....

• Aug-1989
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Swamiji, a Hindu holy man, is the central character of Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels. He reclines in a deck chair in his modern apartment in western India, telling subtle and entertaining folk narratives to his assorted gatherings. Among th...

Swamiji, a Hindu holy man, is the central character of Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels. He reclines in a deck chair in his modern apartment in western India, telling subtle and entertaining folk narratives to his assorted gatherings. Among th...