Title: Legends and Fairy Tales

Author: Chinghiz Aitmatov (Kyrgyzstani)

Translator: Jin Meiling

Publisher: Sino-Culture Press

Edition: 1st Edition, November 2018

Format: 16 - mo, Hardcover

Printed Sheets: 8.5

Word Count: 95,000 words

ISBN: 9787507549959

Price: 38.00 CNY

Here we present this book to you. It collects the fairy tales and legends excerpted from Chinghiz Aitmatov's novellas and novels, hoping that you can get to know his creations through it. Fairy tales are the bonds connecting eras and generations, and the bridges linking the past and the future. It is precisely in fairy tales that the code of kindness, which makes a human being truly human, lies hidden. We sincerely wish that you can be immersed in Aitmatov's words, grow up healthily, and integrate this treasure of our literature into your spiritual world.

"The passing of Aitmatov is a huge and helpless loss for all of us. We will remember this great writer, thinker, and humanist." - Vladimir Putin

"I particularly like Aitmatov's The White Steamboat. Through the tragic story of a seven - year - old child, it closely weaves the allegorical myth, the child's fantasy, and the harsh reality together." - Cao Wenxuan, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award

"In the eyes of people around the world, he was already a Nobel laureate long ago. The death of Aitmatov may mean the departure of the last literary priest from that land." - Chi Zijian

"Aitmatov mainly relies on true lyric art. Those long descriptions, full of depictions, songs, and associations related to horse lore and grass lore, are really beautiful. The enjoyment is unforgettable, and reading it carefully once is like a bath in beauty." - Zhang Chengzhi

"Aitmatov's works are very easy to read. Each of his works is like honey and wine, so sweet and fragrant that you get intoxicated. When reading his works, you can even smell the scent of ripe crops and haystacks." - Feng Deying

Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928 - 2008) was a famous Kyrgyzstani writer. He served as the secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union, an academician of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences, and an ambassador. He won the Soviet State Literature Award and the Lenin Award several times and had a profound impact on contemporary Chinese writers. His main works include novellas such as Jamilia, Farewell, Gulsary!, The White Ship, Cranes Fly Early, Spotted Dog Running Along the Seashore, etc., and novels such as The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years, The Place of the Skull, The White Clouds of Genghis Khan, Cassandra's Brand, When The Mountains Fall, etc. His creations are rich in Kyrgyz national characteristics, with profound and rich content and beautiful writing. They have been translated into more than 150 languages and published, and have been adapted into movies, TV dramas, operas, and ballets many times.

Jin Meiling, a post - doctoral fellow at Peking University, holds a Doctor of Literature degree. Her translated works include New Year in Class 1, Grade 7, Just Because We're Single, Paik Nam - June, My Love, etc.

The Story of Three Poor Sisters / 001

The Little Thumb Boy / 013

The Mother Long - horned Deer / 019

Karagul / 041

Mankurt / 049

Six and the Seventh / 077

Akbara / 093

The Little Monkey with a Schoolbag / 109