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TALES FROM THE DEEP FOREST : THE VERY CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF KANCIL THE MOUSE DEER / GEORGES VOISSET ; Translated from the French by Renuga Naidu-Voisset ; Illustration by: FREDERIC ROUTIER

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Kuala Lumpur : Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia, 2015Copyright date: ©2011Description: xvi, 224 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789670892337
Other title:
  • Translation of: Contes Sauvages : Les Tres Curieuses Histoires de Kancil le Petit Chevrotain
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.20944 23
Summary: The Tales From The Deep Forest presented in this book were compiled in Singapore, but they have come from the entire South-East Asian Archipelago from Borneo to Sumatra, via the Malay Peninsula. Most of these tales, which date back to the era of La Fontaine and Moliére, represent in that part of the world what the Roman de Renart is to the French literary tradition: a great comedic novel where-led by the cheeky little mouse deer-the creatures who live in the deep forest take on human personalities, borrowing human emotions, double-dealing and weaknesses.Translation of: Voisset, Georges., Contes Sauvages: Les Tres Curieuses de Kancil le Petit Chevrotain, France: Edition Les Perseides, 2011.
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The Tales From The Deep Forest presented in this book were compiled in Singapore, but they have come from the entire South-East Asian Archipelago from Borneo to Sumatra, via the Malay Peninsula. Most of these tales, which date back to the era of La Fontaine and Moliére, represent in that part of the world what the Roman de Renart is to the French literary tradition: a great comedic novel where-led by the cheeky little mouse deer-the creatures who live in the deep forest take on human personalities, borrowing human emotions, double-dealing and weaknesses.

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