[The Stubborn Sparrow: Tat Folk Tales]. Upriamyi vorobei: Tatskie narodnye skazki.   

Series Skazki druzhnoi sem’i.
Recorded and adapted by A. Kukullu. Retold by L. Mezinov.
Illustrations by Ia. Manukhin.

[Moscow], Malysh, 1972.
8vo, [24] pp., ill.

In original pictorial wrappers.
Near very good condition, very light wear to wrappers.

The only edition.

This collection features folk tales from the Tat people, an Iranian ethnic group primarily residing in Azerbaijan and Southern Dagestan, Russia. The Tat people speak the Tat language, a southwestern Iranian language that differs somewhat from Standard Persian.
These folk tales were recorded and adapted by Amaldan Kukullu (Amala Kukuliev; 1935–2000), a poet, children's writer, and folklorist. Kukullu was one of the first researchers to study the folklore of the Mountain Jews, a Jewish community from the eastern and northern Caucasus. He was acquainted with Andrei Sakharov, and beginning in 1976, he published his poetry and other banned works through samizdat (underground press). As a result, he was arrested by the KGB in 1983, and his significant archive was lost.

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