Nasrudin is a figure said to have lived in Turkey, a country of the Middle East. The stories gathered around him are many, and over time they have worked their way into the cultures of a great many countries, until in each of them he has come to be treated as a local character rather than a foreign import.
What the tales do, through humour, is show the real shape of ignorant men who are busy trying to make themselves conspicuous in society. The laughter and the sense they carry are aimed at ordinary readers rather than at scholars. This collection, assembled by Percy Jayamanne, presents one hundred and thirteen of these tales.
The book is written in Sinhala throughout, with no English text, so it will suit readers who read Sinhala comfortably — Sri Lankan families abroad looking for something to read with children, learners building up their reading, and anyone collecting Sinhala storytelling in print. Short, self-contained tales of this kind are well suited to reading aloud a few at a time.
The publisher, M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd, is a long-established Colombo house publishing in Sinhala and English, with a steady list of general reading and children's titles.
- Author: Percy Jayamanne
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552129766
Browse the rest of our book collection.
