Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe.

New York:: Clarion Books, 1991.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark blue binding; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. about 10.25 inches tall by 8 inches wide . Red endpapers. Description: Illustrated in black and white and color by Larry Wilkes. This collection of tales from the traditional folklore of eastern Europe reflect a wide range of human emotions and reveal a characteristic preoccupation with routines of family, church, and community life, and a humorous, ironic perspective on people and their affairs. Some of the tales are stories of romance and adventure: gods on a mountaintop help a young girl to wealth and happiness in The Twelve Months. A man, transformed into a noble animal, finds his true love in The Feather of Bright Finist the Falcon. Fables teach about the origin of man and the creation of the world from an egg (God's Cockerel), and of the injustice with which a friendly gesture is too often rewarded (A Good Deed is Always Requited with Ill). Folklorist Neil Philip retells these stories in modern English, preserving the richness and magic of the original tales.'' This is a companion volume to Folktales of Eastern Europe by same author and illustrator.