Folk tales from the Serendib
Subtitle: a collection of Sinhala stories heard in rural Sri Lanka
By: retold by Sunil Munasinghe ; illustrations by Vijay Mohan
Contributors: Mohan, Vijay, illustrator
Publisher: Tamarind Tree
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9780991915736
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Tales; Contes
Description: "A wonderful collection of tales about villagers and talking animals and their day-to-day problems in a pastoral Sri Lanka. Many stories are similar to the ones heard in other South Asian lands, a testimony to the foreign influences that blew across the island over the centuries through interaction with invaders, adventurers and peaceful travellers. These folktales do not, however, offer moral lessons. They are hilarious, with characters who find themselves in awkward situations and end up exhibiting the many tragic and comic aspects of our transient lives."--