A Hundred and One Nights - Couverture souple

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9781479873234: A Hundred and One Nights
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ISBN 10 : 1479873233 ISBN 13 : 9781479873234
Editeur : New York University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Fantastic tales of magic and wonder

Translated into English for the very first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic storytelling. Like the celebrated Thousand and One Nights, this collection opens with the frame story of Scheherazade, the vizier's gifted 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. Here, we encounter tales of epic warriors, buried treasure, disappearing brides, cannibal demon-women, fatal shipwrecks, and clever ruses, where human strength and ingenuity play out against a backdrop of inexorable, inscrutable fate.
Distinctly rooted in Arabic literary culture and the Islamic tradition, these tales draw on motifs and story elements that circulated across cultures, including Indian and Chinese antecedents, and features a frame story possibly older than its more famous sibling. This vibrant translation of A Hundred and One Nights promises to transport readers, new and veteran alike, into its fantastical realms of magic and wonder.

An English-only edition.

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À propos des auteurs

Bruce Fudge is Professor of Arabic at the University of Geneva. He is the author of Quranic Hermeneutics: al-Tabrisi and the Craft of Commentary (2011) as well as a number of articles on the interpretation of the Quran and medieval and modern Arabic literature.

Robert Irwin is the author of The Arabian Nights: A Companion as well as numerous other studies of Middle Eastern politics, art, and mysticism.

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Éditeur
New York University Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1479873233
ISBN 13 
9781479873234
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780814745199: A Hundred and One Nights

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ISBN 10 :  0814745199 ISBN 13 :  9780814745199
Editeur : New York University Press, 2016
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