# The Oceans of Cruelty: Twenty-Five Tales of a Corpse-Spirit

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- Authors: [Douglas J. Penick](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-j-penick)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-16-8137-766-7
- Pages: 184
- Published: 2024-10-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

One of the oldest books in the world, The Oceans of Cruelty is a sequence of twenty-five tales from India whose central theme is the dark power of storytelling. At the start, a young king falls into the...