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A collection of autobiographical and fantasy tales for children reflects the Nobel Prize-winning author's deeply rooted Polish cultural tradition.
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Nineteen autobiographical stories about the author's childhood in Poland from 1908 to 1918 are accompanied by thirty-six tales for children including some of his most famous such as "Zlateh the Goat," "Mazel and Shlimazel," and "The Fools of Chelm and the Stupid Carp."The author recounts his boyhood between 1908 and 1918 on Warsaw's Krochmalna Street, and tells tales of a town's foolish elders, three wishes, and other subjects
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