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Alexander McCall Smith - The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa

Alexander McCall Smith - The Girl Who Married a Lion: And Other Tales from Africa
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Authors: Alexander McCall Smith
Professional Reviews
: Publishers Weekly: "These are pithy, engaging tales, as habit-forming as peanuts."
Book Editions
: Format: Hardcover, 189
Publisher: Pantheon Books (December 01, 2004)
Measurements: 7.5"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.65 lbs.
ISBN: 9780375423123
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Details: Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana. <br><br>A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into a bird with feathers made of leaves that enable him to fly into the light . . . Talking hyenas, milk-giving birds, clever cannibals who nonetheless get their comeuppance, and mysterious forces that reside in the landscape&#8212;these wonderful fables bring us the wealth, the variety, and the particular magic of traditional African lore.
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