A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish Tales

by Mohammed M.A. Ahmed, Diane Edgecomb, Çeto Ozel, et al.

Book Overview

From a culture too often forgotten, overlooked or even oppressed; here are more than 30 tales, representing all regions of Kurdistan and the four main Kurdish dialects-from the Kurdish Cinderella story and animal stories to stories based on legendary figures (e.g., Rustem Zal-the Kurdish Hercules)-organized by theme and type. Most of these stories have been collected from contemporary Kurdish storytellers, with others translated and adapted from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159158437X
• ISBN13: 9781591584377
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 10.1"