{"product_id":"russian-folk-tales-9781410212108","title":"Russian Folk-Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Leonard a. Magnus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Folklore \u0026amp; Mythology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories are not neatly rounded off into consequential and purposive stories. The incidents follow almost haphazard; and at the end, the persons mentioned at the beginning may be forgotten; the stories are often almost as casual as real life. The stories relate experiences in succession, attempt no judgment, do not even affirm their own credibility. Things simply happen; our exertions may sometimes be good; we can only be quietly resigned. But, unlike the Arabian Nights, there is no positive fatalism; for that would imply a judgment; a warping of facts to suit a theory. These stories have been translated direct from the Russian of Afanasev; the selection is intended to represent, as completely as possible, the varieties of Russian folk-tale. As far as an analytic language, like modern English, can render so highly inflected a tongue as Russian, the translator has tried to keep strictly to the style and diction of the originals, which are the undoctored traditional stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of the Pacific","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47613916938391,"sku":"9781410212108","price":1874.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781410212108.webp?v=1775088898","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/russian-folk-tales-9781410212108","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}