Mr. Pak Buys a Story
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (863 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807551783 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 369 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Some time later the same thief comes to rob the couple's house. From School Library Journal Grade 1-3?In this retelling of a Korean folktale, an elderly couple send their servant, Mr. Pak is bamboozled by a thief, whose "story" is simply a recounting of the movements of a nearby stork. In a foreword, the author tells how she came to know the story, which she heard from her students while teaching at a university in Seoul and eventually found in Frances Carpenter's Tales of a Korean Grandmother (Tuttle, 1972). When he overhears the story, elements of which mimic his movements, he believes that he has been discovered and flees. She has improved on it by making the seller of the fake story and the thief one and the same person, and by removing Carpenter's emphasis on the stupidity of country folk. An enjoyable addition.?Pam Gosner, formerly at Maplewood
Bad illustrations -- culturally incorrect illustrations A Customer Thumbs Down!! This "Korean Folktale" book's illustrations does not represent Korean culture at all. For example, it showed Koreans sitting on chairs (Chinese style) at home in the old days when they should be sitting on the floor and even Korean dresses were wrong. Almost every illustrations were misrepresentation of Korean culture. I have written a note to the publisher but have not heard from them. Couldn't
The unusual story that a wealthy couple's servant buys from a thief proves to be well worth the price.