{"product_id":"9781624668081-kalila-and-dimna","title":"Kalila and Dimna","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'This masterful translation of one of the most popular books of world literature makes available to an English readership the animal tales known collectively as  Kalila and Dimna  Kalila and Dimna\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThis masterful translation of one of the most popular books of world literature\u003c\/b\u003e makes available to an English readership the animal tales known collectively as \u003ci\u003eKalila and Dimna\u003c\/i\u003e. Named after the two jackals of \u003ci\u003ePancatantra\u003c\/i\u003e fame, this collection of stories is based on a 12th-century Persian translation of an 8th-century original Arabic rendition by Ibn al-Muqaffa‘. Set within a frame narrative of counsels given to the Raja of India by his Brahmin minister, the engaging tales about cats and mice, storks and crabs, tortoises and geese, owls and crows, and princes and ascetics, function as cautionary illustrations of human predicaments and all-too-human vices and virtues. Far from being a collection of children’s fables, \u003ci\u003eKalila and Dimna\u003c\/i\u003e is a Machiavellian mirror for princes containing advice on how to preserve oneself from one’s enemies and get ahead at court and in life. The dialogues that constitute the bulk of the narrative harbor a dramatic immediacy, exerting \u003cb\u003ea powerful effect even on a modern-day reader\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Maria Subtelny, University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450721415542,"sku":"9781624668081","price":15.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28909600.jpg?v=1760453868","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781624668081-kalila-and-dimna","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}