The Old Woman and the Eagle

The Old Woman and the Eagle

Idries Shah

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Hoopoe Books
Año de edición:
2022
ISBN:
9781958289617
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(Bilingual English-Polish edition) In this amusing story, an old woman encounters an eagle for the first time. Perplexed by its unfamiliar appearance, she decides to change it to suit her own ideas of what a bird should look like. Her efforts mirror a common pattern of human thought: altering the unfamiliar to make it acceptable. This tale is specially presented for children by Afghan author Idries Shah, who, for more than 30 years, collected stories from the Sufi tradition and adapted them to contemporary Western culture. Told since ancient times throughout Central Asia and the Middle East, such tales are used to help foster greater mental flexibility and insight in people of all ages. The Old Woman and the Eagle is wonderfully illustrated by Natasha Delmar, who was taught to paint by her father, the celebrated classic Chinese painter Ng Yi-Ching.(Wydanie dwujęzyczne angielsko-polskie) Oto zabawna historyjka o kobiecie, która po raz pierwszy w życiu zobaczyła orła. Skonsternowana obco wyglądającym ptakiem, postanawia sprawić, by pasował do jej wyobrażeń o tym, jak ptak powinien wyglądać. Jej działania odzwierciedlają tak typową dla ludzi potrzebę zmienienia tego, co nieznajome, aby wydawało nam się akceptowalne. Bajkę tę kieruje do nas afgański pisarz i pedagog Idries Shah. Przez ponad trzydzieści lat zbierał opowieści należące do tradycji sufickiej - zarówno ze źródeł pisanych, jak i przekazywane ustnie. Opowiadane od tysięcy lat na terenach Bliskiego Wschodu i Azji Środkowej, historyjki te mają ogromną wartość pedagogiczną i pomagają zachować elastyczność umysłu czytelnikom w każdym wieku.

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