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Robert Irwin A Hundred and One Nights (Paperback) Library of Arabic Literature. It is also likely much older thanThousand and One Nights, drawing on Indian and Chinese antecedents. This careful edition and vibrant translation ofA Hundred and One Nights promises to transport readers, new and veteran alike, into its fantastical realms of magic and wonder. Further DetailsTitle: A Hundred and One Nights Condition: New Description: Fantastic tales of magic and wonder Edited and translated into English for the first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic storytelling. Like its more famous sibling, the Thousand and One Nights , this collection opens with the frame story of Shahrazad, the gifted vizier's daughter who recounts imaginative tales night after night in an effort to distract the murderous king from taking her life. A Hundred and One Nights features an almost entirely different set of stories, however, each one more thrilling, amusing, and disturbing than the last. In them, we encounter tales of epic warriors, buried treasures, disappearing brides, cannibal demon women, fatal shipwrecks, and clever ruses, where human strength and ingenuity play out against a backdrop of inexorable, inscrutable fate. Although these tales draw on motifs and story elements that circulated across cultures, A Hundred and One Nights is distinctly rooted in Arabic literary culture and the Islamic tradition. It is also likely much older than Thousand and One Nights , drawing on Indian and Chinese antecedents. This careful edition and vibrant translation of A Hundred and One Nights promises to transport readers, new and veteran alike, into its fantastical realms of magic and wonder. A bilingual Arabic-English edition. Author: Robert Irwin EAN: 9781479873234 Contributor: Robert Irwin (Foreword by), Bruce Fudge (Edited and translated by) ISBN: 9781479873234 Format: Paperback Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Genre: Society & Culture Publisher: New York University Press Release Date: 09/05/2017 Item Weight: 318g Series: Library of Arabic Literature Topic: Language & Reference, Literary Criticism Release Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
