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Oinkink / Coincui : Bilingual English-French Edition / Edition bilingue anglais-français - Idries Shah

Oinkink / Coincui

Bilingual English-French Edition / Edition bilingue anglais-français

By: Idries Shah, Laetitia Bermejo (Illustrator)

Paperback | 23 August 2023

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(Bilingual English-French edition) In this very humorous tale, a man greedily hopes to have the skills and senses of a different animal but is so impatient to have his wish granted that he finds himself limiting his abilities, rather than enhancing them. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, whose collections of narratives and teaching stories have captivated the hearts and minds of people from all walks of life. It belongs to a rich storytelling tradition from Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Middle East that is more than 1,000 years old. These stories are not only entertaining; they are designed specifically to foster thinking skills and perception. They suggest, in their structure and in the movement of their characters, ways of looking at difficulties that can help solve them. Among other things, this simple story shows children how a blind impulse to "win," without considering the consequences, can end up having the opposite effect.


( dition bilingue anglais-fran ais) Ce conte plein d'humour est l'histoire d'un homme qui d sire ardemment devenir un autre - avoir les aptitudes et les sens d'un animal, mais qui est si impatient de r aliser son d sir qu'il se retrouve finalement avec des capacit s diminu es plut t que renforc es. C'est un des titres de la collection de livres illustr s pour les jeunes crits par le philosophe et ducateur afghan Idries Shah, dont les recueils de r cits et d'histoires-enseignements ont captiv le coeur et l'esprit de lecteurs de tous horizons. Il s'inscrit dans une tradition f conde et plus que mill naire de storytelling qui a sa source en Afghanistan, en Asie centrale et au Moyen-Orient. Les histoires-enseignements ont express ment pour objet de favoriser l'aptitude la r flexion et la perception. Elles sugg rent dans leur structure m me et dans le mouvement des personnages diff rentes fa ons d'examiner les difficult s, qui peuvent aider r soudre les probl mes. Entre autres choses, cette simple histoire montre aux enfants comment une envie incontr l e de gagner quelque chose sans envisager les cons quences peut aboutir l'effet inverse.

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