Married to the Demon King: Sri Daoruang and Her Demon Folk

by Susan Fulop Kepner

Translator Susan F. Kepner makes these tales available for the first time to English-language readers. She introduces the tales with a lively discussion of the writer and her context, retells the plotline of the classical Ramakian, and then presents the translated tales, in which the demon king, contrary to expectation, is a most gentle and endearing demon. Finally, she reveals the humor embedded in these tales of family life, and in Sida's, or Everywoman's, marriage to the demon king.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 974957558X
• ISBN13: 9789749575581
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

An utter delight

These stories are wise, witty, moving, and always delightful. They have a wonderful funny twist whereby the characters are drawn from ancient mythology and placed in present-day Thailand, but you don't need to know anything about Thai literature to enjoy them. Reading these stories, I felt as though I were in the presence of a Thai Eudora Welty, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to share in her world.