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The farmer's wife / by Idries Shah ; illustrated by Rose Mary Santiago ; [translated by Hafeez Diwan].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: Urdu, English Publisher: Los Altos, CA : Hoopoe Books, a division of The Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge, [2016]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: English-Urdu paperback editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781942698807
  • 1942698801
Contained works: Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 398.2 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ8.1.S47
Other classification:
  • Hpdb,uf
Summary: A cumulative Sufi teaching tale of a farmer's wife who is trying to retrieve an apple from a hole in the ground.
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Barnmedia Luleå stadsbibliotek Biblioteket Plan 3 Urdu Bilderböcker (barn) Ex1 Available 80053229489

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The story of The Farmer's Wife tells how a woman first loses an apple down a hole, and then attempts a series of efforts to get it back. Children enjoy learning to repeat the sequence from memory, but, when the story takes a sudden turn contrary to all expectations, they also learn important lessons about how to resolve problems creatively.The strikingly beautiful illustrations by Rose Mary Santiago invoke the origins of the story -- this traditional story has been told for hundreds of years in the Middle East and Central Asia -- while at the same time lending a uniquely playful atmosphere to this very amusing story.

A cumulative Sufi teaching tale of a farmer's wife who is trying to retrieve an apple from a hole in the ground.

In English and Urdu.