Mazel and Shlimazel: Or the Milk of a Lioness

by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Other authorsMargot Zemach (Photographer), Elizabeth Shub (Translator)
Hardcover, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

jFIC SIN

Genres

Collections

Children's, Children's - Stories and Folk Tales

Publication

Farrar Straus Giroux (1995), Edition: Ex-library, Hardcover

Description

The spirit of good luck outwits the spirit of bad luck and helps a poor but honest peasant lad marry the king's daughter.

User reviews

LibraryThing member laytonwoman3rd
Clever story about the battle between good luck and bad luck for the upper hand in human affairs. Presented for children in paperback format with nifty illustrations by Margo Zemach.

Subjects

Fairy tales
Folklore Russia

Language

English

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