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Ladataan... A Grain of RiceTekijä: Helena Clare Pittman
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A clever, cheerful, hard-working farmer's son wins the hand of a Chinese princess by outwitting her father the Emperor, who treasures his daughter more than all the rice in China. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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After reading and enjoying Demi's One Grain Of Rice, which retells a traditional Indian folktale with a similar story (and mathematical theme), I was excited to discover that there were other variants out there. Sadly, it turns out that this is not actually a Chinese folktale, or, if it is, Pittman was unaware of it. Described as "an original story set in fifteenth century China" on the dust-jacket, A Grain of Rice appears to have been the author's own reinvention of the Indian tale (the stories are simply too similar for it to have been a coincidence), transplanted to China.
Although a fairly engaging story in its own right, Pittman's narrative lacks the moral strength of the Indian tale, in which the rice is won for the hungry people. Here it is used as a stratagem to win a bride. Still, this was an entertaining tale, and the black and white illustrations - they looked to be done in pencil - were quite pleasant. All in all, a winsome little fairy-tale, though not quite what I was expecting. ( )