The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0375756752 ISBN 13: 9780375756757

Casa editrice: Modern Library, 2001

Riassunto

Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever.

This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes. These tales, including Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, have entered into the popular imagination, demonstrating that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

"[A] book...that captivates in childhood, and still delights in age."

L'autore:

A. S. Byatt is the author of The Biographer's Tale, Elementals, and the Booker Prize winning novel Possession, among other books. She lives in London.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Modern Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375756752
• ISBN 13: 9780375756757
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 912