Ever since she was a little girl, Leonora Carrington loved to draw on walls, in books, on paperand she loved the fantastic tales her grandmother told that took her to worlds that shimmered beyond this one, where legends became real.Leonoras parents wanted her to become a proper English lady, but there was only one thing she wanted, even if it was unsuitable: to be an artist. In London, she discovered a group of artists called surrealists, who were...

Presents a collection of Hindu tales, including the birth of the gods, tales of creation, and the arrival of humans.