Mongolian Folktales [Paperback]

Hilary Roe Metternich (Author), Metternich (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 130 pages
• Publisher: Avery Press (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937321060
• ISBN-13: 978-0937321065
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,043,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very striking artwork., July 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mongolian Folktales (Paperback)

The folktales themselves are interesting enough, but this book's outstanding merit is its illustrations, which, indeed, furnished the inspiration for it. The illustrator, Norovsambuugin Baatartsog, does his work not with brush and ink, but by cutting silhouettes out of black paper, freehand. They're intricate, and, aside from it being quite astonishing that anyone could do such work with scissors and no guiding drawing, they'd be striking in any medium.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The papercut artwork is worth the price of the book., August 6, 1999

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Dave Hodges - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mongolian Folktales (Paperback)

The Artwork done for the stories is grand. The feel of the book paper is great. The stories told are folk tales, but the way it is put together with the pictures is just glorious.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars extremely impressive, April 21, 2008

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Bruce D. Wilner "Bruce David Wilner" (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mongolian Folktales (Paperback)

While the plot lines are sufficiently simplistic to hearken from any Neolithic culture, it is the artwork that distinguishes this book. One can scarcely believe that those breathtaking silhouettes were crafted solely with a scissors! Buy this book, glance briefly at the trivial tales, and exult on the stupendous pictures with their uniquely Mongolian outlook on the natural world.