Leonid Solovyov: The Tale of Khoja Nasreddin

The Soviet writer Leonid Solovyov traveled extensively in Central Asia in the 1920s, collecting and studying folklore. Many fairy tales, legends and legends formed the basis of the author's story about the adventures of the popular favorite Khoja Nasreddin, a crafty vagabond, a wise man and a merry fellow, a defender of the weak and disadvantaged, whose main weapon was resourcefulness and apt words. The storm of sheikhs and emirs and the favorite of ordinary people travels from city to city on his donkey, leaving behind the punished rich and grateful poor, and popular rumor flies ahead of him - funny and instructive stories about exciting and sometimes dangerous adventures are passed from mouth to mouth. Impersonate a court astrologer in order to save his beloved from the emir's harem; save the inhabitants of Bukhara from the greedy usurer; to help the inhabitants of a small village, who are not given water by the greedy owner of the lake - from all the adventures of Hodja Nasreddin will emerge victorious, because the truth is on his side.
The dilogy "The Tale of Khoja Nasreddin" is a bright, dynamic novel "Troublemaker" and the philosophical and lyrical "The Enchanted Prince". From the first to the last page, the book is permeated with sparkling humor and irony, deep wisdom and great love for life and people - it's impossible to tear yourself away! Realistic illustrations by the master of book graphics Anatoly Zinovievich Itkin perfectly convey the oriental flavor of the story and reveal the characters of the characters.

Author: Leonid Solovyov

Illustrations: Anatoly Itkin

Pages: 592 (offset). Hard cover

Dimensions: 247x180x43 mm