The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 1
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 1
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 1
Description
Description
Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her the next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king stories of adventure, love, riches and wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba outwitting a band of forty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights.
About the Author
About the Author
Malcolm Lyons (co-translator) is a professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge and a widely published scholar of classical Arabic literature. Ursula Lyons (co-translator) is an emeritus fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, specializes in modern Arabic literature. Robert Irwin (editor, introducer) is the author of The Arabian Nights: A Companion as well as numerous other studies of Middle Eastern politics, art and mysticism.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"A magnificent, unexpurgated edition of the greatest collection of folk tales in the world . . . The Arabian Nights is not a book to be read in a week. It is an ocean of stories to be dipped into over a lifetime. And this new Penguin edition is the one to have." --The Sunday Times (London) "The translation . . . ought to become the standard one for the present century." --The Times Literary Supplement "These magnificent volumes are the most ambitious and thorough translation into English of The Arabian Nights since the age of Queen Victoria and the British Empire." --The Guardian "This new translation of the world's greatest collection of folk stories restores their colour and verve." --The Sunday Times (London)
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Penguin Group
Pub date:
2010-05-25
Length:
992 pages
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