Vikram and the Vampire
Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance

saddened that I could remember only one of these stories that I used to read so ardently every month in my childhood.........more

great collection......more

An entertaining & unusual set of tales set within a larger storytelling framework. I found the intro & conclusion (which set the framework as to why the tales are being told) to be more interesting than the tales themselves. The vampire/baital is a tricky & fun narrator of these morality tales. Altho......more

I enjoyed this collection of Hindu fairy tales. Granted that some of the references were foreign to my culture, but Sir Richard goes a long way toward both explaining things and making wry commentary either about Hindu culture or humanity at large. These comments are also in the narrative of the stor......more

This curious work is unlike anything else I’ve read this year. It is Sir Richard Burton’s translation from the Sanskrit of an old Hindu tale. The gist of the story is that King Vikram promises to deliver a “vampire” to a sorcerer. The “betal” (vampire is an odd mistranslation: it doesn’t resemble an......more