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Leather Gods & Wooden Heroes [Hardcover]

David Irvine (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 376 pages
  • Publisher: Times Editions,Singapore (June 22, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9812046283
  • ISBN-13: 978-9812046284
  • Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.8 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,951,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Illustrations, but beware of the Text, October 27, 2000
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Walter O. Koenig "Amoxtli" (San Diego, California, USA) - See all my reviews
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If it were larger, this would be a great Coffee Table Book on Wayang. Nice Photographs, pleasant to flip through, but not meant for reading on a scholarly level. Already the Title is most unfortunate, and is indicative of the lack of respect, knowledge and sensitivity Mr. Irvine has for the subject. He has really only reviewed most of the exisiting Literature on Wayang and has rearranged it in this Book. This makes for a fair, but unreliable introduction. There are no new insights, no new research and no assessments here. It is not too bad when he reviews Wayang, but when he writes on the Subject of Epic Literature, the Ramyana and Mahabharata, which constitue almost all of the Plays of Wayang, then he is totally out of his element. He obviously has little knowledge of the Indian Epics and it shows. I am still pleased the Book was published because it contains many fine illustrations. This Book is for looking, not reading, like the Style Books of Interior Design.
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