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The Little Black Fish
The story is being told by an old fish to her children and grandchildren about a Little Black Fish who, tired and dissatisfied with his life without any purpose in a small brook, decides to venture out in search of the sea and to learn about life in other parts of the world. At each phase of the journey he sees something new, faces threats, acquires awareness and is proud ...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
December 20th 2008
by Authorhouse
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This is a Persian children's story which is apparently intended to work for children and as a parable of sorts for adults. The message---don't fear change. After all that has happened this year in the Middle East and North Africa, it would seem that the time for this story has come. Maybe the time for Iran will come also. Of course, as the story shows, there is a price to pay for this and it doesn't come easily. ...more
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An Eloquent New Translation of a Beloved Persian Tale
One of the more popular Persian children's stories, 'The Little Black Fish' was written well over a quarter of a century ago by Samad Beh-Rang. Now, thanks to Ruby Emam's beautiful new translation accompanied by the stunning paintings by Arien Walizadeh that serve to illustrate this story, 'The Little Black Fish' is bound to become a staple in the children's literature in this country. Not that the book is confined to the shelves mar...more
One of the more popular Persian children's stories, 'The Little Black Fish' was written well over a quarter of a century ago by Samad Beh-Rang. Now, thanks to Ruby Emam's beautiful new translation accompanied by the stunning paintings by Arien Walizadeh that serve to illustrate this story, 'The Little Black Fish' is bound to become a staple in the children's literature in this country. Not that the book is confined to the shelves mar...more
The Little Black Fish is a well known children's book written by Samad Behrangi.
The story is told through the voice of an old fish speaking to her 12,000 children and grandchildren. She describes the journey of a small black fish who leaves the safety of the local stream to venture into the world.
The path of the little fish leads down a waterfall and along the length of the river to the sea. Along the way the fish meets several interesting characters, including a helpful ...more
The story is told through the voice of an old fish speaking to her 12,000 children and grandchildren. She describes the journey of a small black fish who leaves the safety of the local stream to venture into the world.
The path of the little fish leads down a waterfall and along the length of the river to the sea. Along the way the fish meets several interesting characters, including a helpful ...more
I added "The Little Black Fish" to this forum because in my opinion the task of saving the earth and its' national resources totally depends upon saving the underpriviledged and exploited majority of the people who, because of their need for survival and their lack of awareness, are innocent victims of corporate greed and contribute to destruction of natural resources.
There are two factors in this problem:
The role the big corporations and their allies (in any given g...more
There are two factors in this problem:
The role the big corporations and their allies (in any given g...more
Although the translator says Beh-Rang is from Azerbaijan-Iran, and other sources call him Azerbaijani, this turns out to mean ethnically and linguistically Azerbaijani but as far as country, Iranian.
People self-publish for a variety of reasons, and I don't have a problem with that. I wish, though, that they would run the manuscript by a professional proofreader before they published. There are enough problems here to intrude on the storytelling.
The little black fish is h...more
People self-publish for a variety of reasons, and I don't have a problem with that. I wish, though, that they would run the manuscript by a professional proofreader before they published. There are enough problems here to intrude on the storytelling.
The little black fish is h...more
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Samad Beh-Rang (Behrangi) is a writer from Azerbaijan, Iran. Besides teaching in remote villages and collecting epic and folk tales of Azerbaijan that had been passed along through generations by oral tradition, he wrote several stories for children and many articles on education. The nature of his writings with their metaphoric allusions to dictatorship and a yearning to equality, freedom and jus...more
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“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain
Beh-Rang was a critic of "an educational system that does not offer anything other than limited reading and writing."
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— Mark Twain
Beh-Rang was a critic of "an educational system that does not offer anything other than limited reading and writing."
Beh-Rang”
“I might face death any minute now! But I should try not to put myself in harms' way as long as I can live. Of course it is not important if I die, because this is going to happen anyway. I know my purpose, my purpose is: How will my life or death impact the lives of others?”
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