The last storytellers : tales from the heart of Morocco / [compiled by] Richard Hamilton ; [foreword by Barnaby Rogerson].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, Richard (Radio journalist), compiler.

Rogerson, Barnaby, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Storytellers--Morocco--Marrakech.

Storytellers.

Storytelling--Morocco--Marrakech--History.

Storytelling.

Oral tradition--Morocco--Marrakech.

Oral tradition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : I. B. Tauris & Company Limited, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marrakech is the heart and lifeblood of Morocco's ancient storytelling tradition. For nearly a thousand years, storytellers have gathered in the Jemaa el Fna, the legendary square of the city, to recount ancient folktales and fables to rapt audiences. But this unique chain of oral tradition that has passed seamlessly from generation to generation is teetering on the brink of extinction. The competing distractions of television, movies and the internet have drawn the crowds away from the storytellers and few have the desire to learn the stories and continue their legacy. Richard Hamilton has wi

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD: CIRCLES IN THE JEMAA EL FNA; AUTHOR'S NOTE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; The Red Lantern; The King and His Prime Minister; The Gazelle with the Golden Horns; The Imam and the Wager; The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Hermit; The Birth of the Sahara; The Trials of Noureddine; The Sultan and His Vizier's Wife; The Queen and the King, the Son of Amelkani; Nour and the Sultan; The Laundryman and the Fountain; The Man Who Went Against His Father's Wishes; The Vizier and the Chicken; The Fakir and the Frog; The Two Hunchbacks; El-Ghaliya Bent Mansour

The Land and the TreasureThe Statue and the Robber; The Tailor, the Princess and the Eagle; The Sultan and the Thief; The Eyes of Ben'Adi; The Shoemaker and the Bird; The Vizier and the Barber; Seven Coins and a Donkey; The Sultan's Daughter and the Leper; The Nobleman and His Three Sons; The Vengeance of Allah; The Woman and the Black Cat; Aicha Rmada; The Traveller and the Pasha's Daughter; The Girl from Fes; One Hundred and One Beheadings; The Three Figs; Suleiman, the Stork and the City of Gold; The Woman and the Devil; The Bird from the Land of Gabour

The Pomegranate and the Talking Drum

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBL, viewed October 21, 2015).

ISBN:

9780857730596

0857730592

9780857720153

0857720155

OCLC:

756484708