Sindbad and other tales from the Arabian nights
With his expertise as a translator and his firsthand knowledge of the Middle Eastern storyteller's art, Husain Haddawy has selected four stories that best embody the esential nature of The Arabain nights. His introduction traces the history of the Nights' translation, serving as a guide to...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York ; London
W.W. Norton & Company
2008
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| Zusammenfassung: | With his expertise as a translator and his firsthand knowledge of the Middle Eastern storyteller's art, Husain Haddawy has selected four stories that best embody the esential nature of The Arabain nights. His introduction traces the history of the Nights' translation, serving as a guide to the evolution of this classic body of stories that have become part of our common mythology.--Publisher description |
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| Beschreibung: | "First published as a Norton paperback 1996 as The Arabian nights II; reissued 2008"--Title page verso |
| Beschreibung: | xix, 324 pages map 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780393332469 0393332462 |