- Paperback: 132 pages
- Publisher: Viking (7 Jan 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0143063138
- ISBN-13: 978-0143063131
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 857,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Brilliantly conceived, exquisitely written, The Storyteller's Tale enthralls and amazes with its magical exploration of the art of creating fiction (Manil Suri, Author Of The Age Of Shiva And The Death Of Vishnu )
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While Afghan warlord Ahmed Shah Abdali plunders 18th century Delhi, a wandering storyteller fleeing the carnage happens across an isolated casbah a day's ride from the city. When the beautiful and lonely lady of the manor invites him to stay and share a story, his grief at the destruction of his glorious city spills forth in a story of two brothers, Taka and Wara - wolf and boy - a tale of love and loyalty, hurt and distrust. The storyteller is amazed when the lady, or Begum, responds with a tale of her own, of Aresh and Barab, and a friendship that transcends death. Transfixed by their storytelling duel and shocked by the discovery of forbidden love, the pair draw out their stories in order to delay the moment of their parting.
Part fable, part fantasy, The Storyteller's Tale captures the twilight of the Mughals and transports the reader to the stunning setting of an unforgettable brief encounter. Adapting ancient traditions of storytelling, skilfully weaving history and the lives of ordinary people in a landscape of war and devastation, Ahmad's finely drawn tale draws from the great folklore traditions of One Thousand and One Nights and the Tales of Genji.
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A Thousand and One Nights - Lite,
By Sofia (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Storyteller's Tale (Paperback)
Readable in about an hour, Ahmad's 'The Storyteller's Tale' is a beautifully crafted little book. The book is essentially a story within a story, telling as it does of an encounter between a storyteller fleeing the destruction of Dehli and the wealthy wife of one of the raiders. Over the course of two nights, the storyteller and the begum exchange ever intertwined stories in lieu of being able to talk freely to one another. The stories repeat, develop, overlap and expand in a fusion of fable, myth and unspoken love. 'The Storyteller's Tale' is a charming read, a kind of Sheherazade tale for people with less time, relishing the very essence and purpose of fiction in our lives. A great little read.
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