White Ravens’98/Spain(Catalan)/66561
Colom, Rosa Maria (text)
Canals, Mercè (illus.)
La Dama Blanca
(The white lady)
Barcelona: Edicions de la Magrana, 1997. 125pp
(Petit esparver; 70)
ISBN 84-7410-961-2
Catalan/Folk tale
This work continues the storytelling tradition of Majorcan folk tales,
drawing on their traditional setting, the historical background and figures. In
a very pleasing literary style she tells six of her own new tales about kings,
poor wretches, witches and gnomes. The story which gives the book its
title describes a white lady who turns people to ice statues by looking at
them, while another tale deals with the last, lonesome giant who would like
to marry again. A glossary at the end explains the Majorcan terms. (7+)

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