Yourcenar, Marguerite

Oriental tales / Marguerite Yourcenar ; translated from the French by Alberto Manguel, in collaboration with the author. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. - 147 p ; 21 cm.

Translation of: Nouvelles orientales.

How Wang-Fo was saved -- Marko’s smile -- The milk of death -- The last love of Prince Genji -- The man who loved the Nereids -- Our Lady-of-the-Swallows -- Aphrodissia, the widow -- Kali beheaded -- The end of Marko Kraljevic -- The sadness of Cornelius Berg -- Postscript.

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Orient--Social life and customs