Synopses & Reviews
Now in paperback: the best-loved tales from the acclaimed new translation
This is the essential one-volume edition of The Arabian Nights, abridged from the celebrated new three-volume translation. Included are the timeless and unforgettable stories of Aladdin, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, Sinbad the Sailor, and many others, in a handy companion to the landmark translation described a "the most ambitious and thorough" by The Guardian (London).
Synopsis
This is the essential one-volume edition of Tales from 1,001 Nights, drawn from the acclaimed landmark translation published in 3 volumes by Penguin Classics in 2008. It contains 'Aladdin', 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 'Sindbad the Sailor' and many others of the most enjoyable and beloved tales from the Arabian Nights.
This new translation was described as 'magnificent' and 'the most ambitious and thorough translation' in the Guardian and lauded in the Telegraph as 'outstanding'. The Sunday Times said 'The new Penguin edition is the one to have'.
About the Author
Malcolm C. Lyons is a professor of Arabic at Cambridge and a widely published scholar of classical Arabic literature.
Ursula Lyons is an emerita fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and a specialist in modern Arabic literature.
Robert Irwin is the author of The Arabian Nights: A Companion, as well as numerous other studies of Middle Eastern politics, art, and mysticism.