Arabian Nights: A Selection - Brossura

Zipes, Jack; Burton, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140622683 ISBN 13: 9780140622683

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 1997

Riassunto

Probally one the original "story within a story" book. Arabian nights is a selection of stories told by a young girl on her wedding night to a price who has sworn he will kill any girl who marries him. Her clever stories keep him from murdering her night after night. This is where classic fairy tales such as Aladdin and Ali Baba and the Forty Theives come from as well as moral tales and metaphors.The use of djins, magic and Eastern splendour makes Arabian Nights dazzle. A must read and a perfect counter point to western fairy tales such as Hans Christian Anderson and the Brothers Grimm.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140622683
• ISBN 13: 9780140622683
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Redattore: Zipes Jack