{"product_id":"how-the-hedgehog-married-and-other-croatian-fairy-tales-board-book","title":"How the Hedgehog Married: And Other Croatian Fairy Tales - Board Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDasha C. Nisula\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJosip Botteri Dini\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFairy tales occur both in oral and in literary form. The focus in this book has been on preserving the elemental structure of oral tradition without embellishment. But, this is a distinctive literary collection, one that gathers a dozen fairy tales which come from the Croatian national folklore tradition. This is also a contemporary English-language version that respects the ancient Slavic mythology of pre-Christian Croatia. And, through exceptionally communicative translations, Dasha C. Nisula has elevated them to be superlative examples of a how common plots, motifs, and elements of the fairy tale are their own best explanation--that is, the tale's meaning is contained in the totality of the threadline in the story. And these are 12 great stories! The book also includes a detailed introduction to Croatian fairy tales, and, in a historical and cultural sense, to the wider genre of fairy tales. In this bilingual edition the Croatian and English-in-translation are presented together, accompanied by a selection of original colour artworks by the cover artist, Josip Botteri Dini.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDasha C. Nisula\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) has taught Russian and Croatian languages, literature, and culture, and is a translator of poetry and short stories from these languages. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAn Anthology of South Slavic Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e, the journals \u003ci\u003eModern Poetry in Translation, Southwestern Review, International Poetry Review, Massachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEXILE Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and two books in translation: \u003ci\u003eMusic Is Everything: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof Slavko Mihalic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou With Hands More Innocent: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof Vesna Parun \u003c\/i\u003ewith Exile Editions. She is a member of the American Literary Translators Association. \u003cb\u003eJosip Botteri Dini\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Zagreb, Croatia, in 1943, and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1968. He has had over a hundred one-man exhibitions in Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Padua, Toronto, Los Angeles, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Mostar, Split, Dubrovnik, and more. Known for his illustrative paintings and graphics, he also works extensively in stained glass and mosaics. Josip Botteri Dini is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Split.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.2 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767201857824,"sku":"9781550969658","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6923f5c6fb55aced0b58fddc74edce69.webp?v=1780306419","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-the-hedgehog-married-and-other-croatian-fairy-tales-board-book","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}