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Arabian Nights : Based on the Text Edited by Muhsin Mahdi by Husain Haddawy (2008, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393331660
ISBN-139780393331660
eBay Product ID (ePID)63869440
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Book TitleArabian Nights : Based on the Text Edited by Muhsin Mahdi
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, General
Publication Year2008
GenreFiction
AuthorHusain Haddawy
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.7 in
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ReviewsA fine new translation.... Bawdy, colloquial and wondrously inventive, the tales have influenced such disparate writers as John Barth, D.M. Thomas, Jorge Luis Borges, and Martin Amis, all of whom have embraced Shahrazad as the ultimate symbol of the storyteller's art., The resourceful Shahrazad... has never been more entertaining than in this fresh and vigorous version of this immortal book.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal398.22
SynopsisThis translation is of the complete text of the Mahdi edition, the definitive Arabic edition of a fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript, which is the oldest surviving version of the tales and considered to be the most authentic., Now as sumptuously packaged as they are critically acclaimed--a new deluxe trade paperback edition of the beloved stories., The stories of The Arabian Nights (and stories within stories, and stories within stories within stories) are famously told by the Princess Shahrazad, under the threat of death should the king lose interest in her tale. Collected over the centuries from India, Persia, and Arabia, and ranging from adventure fantasies, vivacious erotica, and animal fables, to pointed Sufi tales, these stories provided the daily entertainment of the medieval Islamic world at the height of its glory. No one knows exactly when a given story originated, and many circulated orally for centuries before being written down; but in the process of telling and retelling, they were modified to reflect the general life and customs of the Arab society that adapted them--a distinctive synthesis that marks the cultural and artistic history of Islam. This translation is of the complete text of the Mahdi edition, the definitive Arabic edition of a fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript, which is the oldest surviving version of the tales and considered to be the most authentic., Now as sumptuously packaged as they are critically acclaimed--a new deluxe trade paperback edition of the beloved stories. The stories of The Arabian Nights (and stories within stories, and stories within stories within stories) are famously told by the Princess Shahrazad, under the threat of death should the king lose interest in her tale. Collected over the centuries from India, Persia, and Arabia, and ranging from adventure fantasies, vivacious erotica, and animal fables, to pointed Sufi tales, these stories provided the daily entertainment of the medieval Islamic world at the height of its glory. No one knows exactly when a given story originated, and many circulated orally for centuries before being written down; but in the process of telling and retelling, they were modified to reflect the general life and customs of the Arab society that adapted them--a distinctive synthesis that marks the cultural and artistic history of Islam. This translation is of the complete text of the Mahdi edition, the definitive Arabic edition of a fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript, which is the oldest surviving version of the tales and considered to be the most authentic.
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- 06 Jul, 2018
Considered most authentic translation of this great historical work of "fiction"
I researched Arabian Nights and for me an English reading person -- I determined that this version is touted as being the closet to authentic translation from the ancient writings. It is a wild ride having never read it in it's entirety --Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
