About the Book: Beastly Tales From Here and There
Since they were first published in 1992, Vikram Seths glorious animal fables in
verse have delighted young and old alike. Familiar characters in a magical new
form—like the tortoise who outran the hare and the monkey who outwitted the
greedy crocodile—take their place beside a freshly minted gallery of brilliantly
quirky, comical creatures. Of the ten fables told here, two come from India, two
from China, two from Greece, two from the Ukraine and two, the author tells us,
directly 'from the land of Gup.
Witty, enchanting and timeless, Beastly Tales from Here and There is a