- Vendor: Mia Karts
The Five-and-Twenty Tales of the Genie (Penguin Classics)
Free U.S. shipping on all orders. Free international shipping on orders over $99
All orders are dispatched the next business day!
Competitive Pricing You Can Trust — Quality You Can Rely On.
ISBN: 0140455191
Author: Sivadasa
Condition: New
One of the most important works of Indian narrative fiction, passed down orally through the centuries and first recorded in medieval times, The Five-and-Twenty Tales of the Genie has at its center the half-mythical, heroic, and sagacious emperor Vikramaditya, widely regarded as India's greatest monarch. Begging a vetalaa genie who inhabits the body of a corpsefor help against a mighty necromancer, the emperor is told twenty-five tales, each of which culminates in a riddle. Only once he solves each riddle can he win the genie's help in destroying his powerful enemy.
Have a question?
The Five-and-Twenty Tales of the Genie (Penguin Classics)