Dekle, obljubljeno soncu: bosanske, hrvaške, makedonske, slovenske in srbske ljudske pravljice
(The Girl Promised to the Sun: Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovenian and Serbian Folk Tales) Book not yet available in English
Summary:
The fairy tales collection The Girl Promised to the Sun is written by one of the best Slovenian storytellers and folktale researcher Špela Frlic. From a diverse range of material, she has selected 29 Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovenian and Serbian tales, which focus on young female protagonists in all their fairy tale strategies and destinies. This exceptional selection of stories for young people offers an insight into the diversity of fairy tale meanings and the social patterns from which they emerged, and a chance to come together and nurture the shared sensitivity needed to build a more egalitarian world. The book has been given an outstanding visual identity by multi-award winning illustrator Ana Zavadlav. (source: publisher)
Edited by: Mestna knjižnica Ljubljana
Comment:
A collection of fairy tales from the countries of the former Yugoslavia that places women at the center —protagonists who are not necessarily always kind or virtuous, but who each in their own way seek a path to survival in a distinctly patriarchal environment. (source: publisher) The book has received the Golden Pear Quality Badge and has been selected for White Ravens, an annual selection of children’s and youth literature from around the world by the International Youth Library in Munich.