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The Magic Knife: Folk Tales from China
CONTENTS Drolmakyid the Fairy The Lion Tamer The Tiger King's Skin Cloak The Immortal Mountains The Orphan Yan Ran Posting the Dragon Tablet The Magic Knife Zhaozhou Bridge The Phoenix Fairy Flower
152 pages, Paperback
First published October 28, 2004
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March 13, 2022
First printed in 1960, in what was then the People’s Republic of China, so it includes Tibetan, Mongolian, Kawa, Hui, Uygur, and Han stories.
My favorites were “Drolmakyid the Fairy” (Tibetan), the bittersweet “Immortal Mountains” (Mongolian), “Zhaozhu Bridge” and “Phoenix Fairy Flower” (Han).
My favorites were “Drolmakyid the Fairy” (Tibetan), the bittersweet “Immortal Mountains” (Mongolian), “Zhaozhu Bridge” and “Phoenix Fairy Flower” (Han).
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