How to Read a Folktale: The 'Ibonia' Epic From Madagascar

by Mark Turin and Lee Haring

How to Read a Folktale offers the first English translation of Ibonia, a spellbinding tale of old Madagascar. Ibonia is a folktale on epic scale. Much of its plot sounds familiar: a powerful royal hero attempts to rescue his betrothed from an evil adversary and, after a series of tests and duels, he and his lover are joyfully united with a marriage that affirms the royal lineage. These fairytale elements link Ibonia with European folktales, but the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013284577
• ISBN13: 9781013284571
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"