Reviews for A flowering tree and other oral tales from India

The average rating for A flowering tree and other oral tales from India based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-10-04 00:00:00 John C Wilt Ramanujan's book has a collection of stories from mainly South India. I realised I have heard some of these as a child. His notes on the tales were even more fascinating to read. It's interesting to know that a lot of stories are common across the world with regional variations. I couldn't always get the subtexts in the stories but they all made for good reading. It's also amazing how animals & plants talk in these stories just like humans. A kind of magic realism, I am assuming?

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-05 00:00:00 Trevor Bates This book is an amusing read although after a while the stories start to seem limited and a bit repetitive in their structures. They are also dated so reflect the cultural prejudices of their times . This can sometimes make for uncomfortable reading for the contemporary reader. Overall the book can serve as a light-hearted reprieve from serious reading.