Description |
1 online resource (vi, 290 pages) : illustrations |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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Summary |
Joha has Janus's double face: On the one hand, he is innocent and stupid; on the other, a trickster. He is a cheater and is cheated. He sets traps for others and falls into traps himself; he is simpleton and liar, victimizer and victim. But as a literary figure he never dies. The nearly 300 stories in this lovely volume are from Sephardic oral literature and ethnic culture. They were told to Matilda Koen-Sarano in their original language, Judeo-Spanish (Ladino), and documented over 21 years. From 17 countries, including the United States, they come together in this first-ever collection of Joh |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Nasreddin, Hoca, active 13th century -- Folklore
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SUBJECT |
Nasreddin, Hoca, active 13th century fast |
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Nasreddin Hoca. swd |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Humoreske
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Englisch.
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Juden.
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Genre/Form |
Folklore
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Koén-Sarano, Matilda, 1939-
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LC no. |
2002153401 |
ISBN |
9780827610149 |
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0827610149 |
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1283805847 |
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9781283805841 |
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