Cover of painted alphabet

Book 1992

painted alphabet

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Publisher
Graywolf Press
Language
English
Published
1992
  • Adaptations
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  • Fiction
  • Tales
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  • Fiction, fantasy, general
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ONCE UPON A TIME, deep in the heart of Bali in the village of Mameling, when life was still quiet and all things were in some way holy, each in its particular way, and the knowledge of the holiness of things was common knowledge, there were two brothers - the elder was called Siladri, and the other, Made Kerti.