Fables and Parables Fables and Parables Fables and Parables ("Bajki i przypowieści", 1779), by Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801), is a work in a long international tradition of fable-writing that reaches back to antiquity. They have been described as being, "[l]ike LaFontaine's [fables]... amongst the best ever written, while in colour they are distinctly original, because Polish." They are, according to Czesław Miłosz, "the most durable among Krasicki's poems." Emulating the fables of the ancient Greek Aesop, the Macedonian-Roman Phaedrus, the Polish Biernat of Lublin, and the Frenchman Jean de La Fontaine, and anticipating Russia's Ivan Krylov, the Pole Krasicki populates his fables with anthropomorphized
Storyteller (Silko book) Storyteller (Silko book) Storyteller is a hybrid collection of poetry, short stories and family photographs compiled by Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko. It was first published in 1981 following the literary success of the novel Ceremony. "Storyteller" is a collection of short stories influenced by Silko's family crafted from tribal traditions and the oral tradition. The works in "Storyteller" are often accompanied by photographs taken by the author or from her family collection from the area surrounding Laguna Pueblo where Silko grew up. Poetry is also heavily featured in the book also featuring photographic media by the author. Silko's