TALES OF AFGHANISTAN

Retold by Amina Shah

Octagon Press, London, 1982

This time, Amina Shah, one of the major folktale collectors of our time, turns her attention to the traditional lore of her ancestral homeland. This collection rivals in magic and narrative skill her former books.

Beautiful princesses and terrifying monsters, caliphs rich beyond dreams, powerful jinns and ragged beggars, wise dervishes, talismans and treasures -- find them all in these tales of adventure, enchantment, and the strange patterns of fate.