Bellrope Press
Bellrope Press
Ten tales in the old manner — a riddle at the end of each, and a plain reflection on what it asks of us. Written in the spirit of the Panchatantra and the Vikram–Betal cycle, set in a republic that never existed, about patterns that recur in every century.
The same ten tales in Hindi — not a translation so much as a homecoming, since the forms they borrow were Indian to begin with.
Bellrope Press publishes creative writing at the meeting point of ancient wisdom and modern life — fables, riddles and reflections that borrow the old forms to think about present questions.
A bellrope is the thing you pull to wake the town. It seemed the right name for a small press that believes the oldest stories are still the most useful ones.
We have just got started.
Old patterns recur, in every century.
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