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Apocryphal Tales
Author(s): Karel Capek (Author)
- Publisher: Catbird Press
- Publication Date: 29 Aug. 1997
- Language: English
- Print length: 200 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780945774341
- ISBN-13: 0945774346
Book Description
An anthology of stories presenting famous events from the point of view of the man in the street. In one story, a baker describes Jesus’ miracle of loaves and fish, in another, townspeople argue who is to blame for the invasion of the Huns. Thirty stories in all.Tales told from the perspectives of figures in Greek and Roman history, the Bible, and the plays of Shakespeare include a story of Hamlet considering whether or not to become an actor, and townspeople arguing over who should be blamed for the approachinghordes of Attila the Hun
