Nasreddin Hodja: Tales of the Turkish Trickster

The Nasreddin Hodja stories were spread by word of mouth. Today, these stories are told over a vast geographic area extending from East Turkmenistan to Hungary and from Southern Siberia to North Africa and have been translated into many languages.  This title contains a selection of his best-known stories including tales about how Hodja deals with his wife’s hot soup, a thirsty village and a thief in the
night.

World Tales are well-known folk stories from around the world, retold in simple English. It is the first time these tales are published in an easy-to-read format. 

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