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Folktales of Joha, Jewish trickster / collected and edited by Matilda Koén-Sarano ; translated from the Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) by David Herman ; illustrations by Ezra Masch

Koén-Sarano, Matilda,i1939-

1st ed.

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2003

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (vi, 290 pages) : Illustrations

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.

978-0-8276-1014-9 ; 0-8276-1014-9 ; 1-283-80584-7 ; 978-1-283-80584-1 ; 0-8276-0722-9

BD 8460

 

f Anthologie  Englisch  Humoreske  Nasreddin, Hoca, 13. Jh.  Juden 

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.