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[Duncan Williamson]'s fireside tales are of keen interest to the folklorist and scholar. Transcribed from taped recordings, these narratives - told for generations by clans of itinerant Highlanders - weave rich textures of sound with unusual syntax, idiom and abrupt tense changes, creating a sense of intimacy rarely found on the printed page. These 12 stories, chosen from more than 3,000 in Mr. Williamson's repertoire, range from variations on familiar themes such as ''Beauty and the Beast'' to fresh adventure, enchantment, Jack (or hero), anthropomorphic and burker -body snatcher - tales. Edited by Linda Williamson, the narrator's American wife, ''so far as to be comprehensible to a wide English audience,'' each story is appended with brief notes as to source and circumstance as well as comments on translation, idiom and syntax.
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