These marvellous stories were narrated by gypsies from Leningrad, Novgorod, Moscow, Tula, Smolensk and Gorky regions, and from Karelia and Siberia. Their tales are passionate, colourful and distinctive, and have little in common with the folk tales of other nations. Scarcely known outwith the world of the gypsies, these folk and fairy tales have been brought together for the first time in this unique collection.
These marvellous stories were narrated by gypsies from Leningrad, Novgorod, Moscow, Tula, Smolensk and Gorky regions, and from Karelia and Siberia. Their tales are passionate, colourful and distinctive, and have little in common with the folk tales of other nations. Scarcely known outwith the world of the gypsies, these folk and fairy tales have been brought together for the first time in this unique collection.