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The Arabian Nights

by Husain Haddawy

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Husain Haddawy's rapturously received translation of The Arabian Nightsis based on a landmark reconstruction of the earliest extant manuscript version. These stories (and stories within stories, and stories within stories within stories), told by the Princess Shahrazad under the threat of death if she ceases to amuse, first reached the West around 1700. They fired in the European imagination an appetite for the mysterious and exotic which has never left it. Collected over centuries from India, Persia, and Arabia, and ranging from vivacious erotica, animal fables, and adventure fantasies to pointed Sufi tales, the stories of The Arabian Nightsprovided the daily entertainment of the medieval Islamic world at the height of its glory.

The present new translation by Husain Haddawy is of the Mahdi edition, the definitive Arabic edition of a fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript in the Bibliothimp;quest;que Nationale in Paris, which is the oldest surviving version of the tales and is considered to be the most authentic. This early version is without the embellishments and additions that appear in later Indian and Egyptian manuscripts, on which all previous English translations were based.

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Now as sumptuously packaged as they are critically acclaimed'"new deluxe trade paperback editions of the beloved stories.

Synopsis:

Husain Haddawy's critically acclaimed Arabian Nights, based on Muhsin Mahdi's landmark reconstruction of the earliest extant version. This book has a collection of 35 tales from the 'Nights.'

Synopsis:

This work is based on Muhsin Mahdi's reconstruction of the original Nights. The tales portray a world of magic, wish-fulfillment and pleasure, depicting the marriage of the supernatural to the ordinary and the sacred to the profane.
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About the Author

Husain Haddawy was born and grew up in Baghdad, taught English and comparative literature at various American universities, wrote art criticism, and is now living in retirement in Thailand.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393313673
Translator:
Haddawy, Husain
Other:
Mahdi, Muhsin
Translator:
Haddawy, Husain
Editor:
Mahdi, Muhsin
Author:
Mahdi, Muhsin
Author:
Haddawy, Husain
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Folklore & Mythology - Folklore
Subject:
Short stories, arabic
Subject:
Short stories, Arabic -- Translations into English.
Subject:
Folk literature, Arabic.
Subject:
Folk literature, Arabic -- Translations into English.
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Middle Eastern
Subject:
Classics
Copyright:
1995
Edition Number:
Norton pbk. ed.
Edition Description:
New Deluxe Edition
Series Volume:
1810
Publication Date:
19950917
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English.
Pages:
464
Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.7 x 1.1 in 1.1 lb
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Product details 464 pages W. W. Norton & Company - English 9780393313673 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , Now as sumptuously packaged as they are critically acclaimed'"new deluxe trade paperback editions of the beloved stories.
"Synopsis" by , Husain Haddawy's critically acclaimed Arabian Nights, based on Muhsin Mahdi's landmark reconstruction of the earliest extant version. This book has a collection of 35 tales from the 'Nights.'
"Synopsis" by , This work is based on Muhsin Mahdi's reconstruction of the original Nights. The tales portray a world of magic, wish-fulfillment and pleasure, depicting the marriage of the supernatural to the ordinary and the sacred to the profane.
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