Oriental Tales

Oriental Tales
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9780374519971
ISBN-13 : 0374519978
Rating : 4/5 (978 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Oriental Tales by : Marguerite Yourcenar

Download or read book Oriental Tales written by Marguerite Yourcenar and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1986-10 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection includes: How Wand-fo was Saved, Marko's Smile, The Milk of Death, The Last Love of Princess Genji, The Man Who Loved the Nereids, Our Lady of the Swallows, Aphrodissia; the Widow, Kali Beheaded, The End of Marko Kraljevic, The Sadness of Cornelius Berg, and a Postscript by the Author. "From China to Japan, the Balkans to India, Oriental Tales addresses love, conquest, betrayal, murder, religion, and passion in an eloquent and exquisite telling."--Kirkus Reviews.


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