{"product_id":"lao-folktales","title":"Lao Folktales","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere in one slim volume is a selection of the best-known and best-loved Lao folktales that have entertained the Lao people for generations. We meet the legendary trickster Xieng Mieng who matches his wits with merchants, monks, and kings. We find a quick-witted toad that terrifies tigers, a turtle that flies, a cadre of snails that race a rabbit, and a mynah bird that speaks five languages fluently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader may recognize a whisper of Aesop or a Jataka tale, but each story is distinctively Lao, retold with Lao humor and charm reflecting a Buddhist culture in a Marxist state. Works by Anoulom Souvandouane, the foremost illustrator in Laos, enliven the stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Steven Jay Epstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615186215292,"sku":"9789749575871","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9789749575871_6d2662ed-c320-4af3-a1da-7a171a3e8296.jpg?v=1727949517","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/lao-folktales","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}