{"product_id":"the-book-of-dede-korkut-penguin-classics","title":"The Book of Dede Korkut (Penguin Classics)","description":"The Book of Dede Korkut is a collection of twelve stories set in the heroic age of the Oghuz Turks  a nomadic tribe who had journeyed westwards through Central Asia from the ninth century onwards. The stories are peopled by characters as bizarre as they are unforgettable: Crazy Karchar  whose unpredictability requires an army of fleas to manage it; Kazan  who cheerfully pretends to necrophilia in order to escape from prison; the monster Goggle-eye; and the heroine Chichek  who shoots  races on horseback and wrestles her lover. Geoffrey Lewiss classic translation retains the odd and oddly appealing style of the stories  with their mixture of the colloquial  the poetic and the dignified  and magnificently conveys the way in which they bring to life a wild society and its inhabitants. This edition also includes an introduction  a map and explanatory notes.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44671256592437,"sku":"ByrdShop_0140442987","price":289.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0140442987_59f13212-5dee-4896-8c21-b44dcea37dad.jpg?v=1770298080","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-book-of-dede-korkut-penguin-classics","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}