Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels: Folk Narrative in Hindu Religious Teaching by Kirin Narayan

Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels: Folk Narrative in Hindu Religious Teaching

Kirin Narayan

304 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction religion adventurous reflective slow-paced
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Swamiji, a Hindu holy man, is the central character of Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels. He reclines in a deck chair in his modern apartment in western India, telling subtle and entertaining folk narratives to his assorted gatherings. Among th...

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