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Bruce Fudge - A Hundred and One Nights - 9780814745199 - V9780814745199
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A Hundred and One Nights

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Description for A Hundred and One Nights Hardback. Authoritative and reliable editions of the Arabic and modern, lucid English translations introducing treasures of the Arabic literary heritage Editor(s): Fudge, Bruce. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .

Fantastic tales of magic and wonder
Translated into English for the very first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic storytelling. Like the celebrated Thousand and One Nights, this collection opens with the frame story of Scheherazade, the vizier’s gifted daughter who recounts imaginative tales night after night in an effort to distract the murderous king from taking her life. A Hundred and One Nights features an almost entirely different set of stories, however, each one more thrilling, amusing, and disturbing than the last. Here, we encounter tales of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
Series
Library of Arabic Literature
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814745199
SKU
V9780814745199
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Bruce Fudge
Bruce Fudge is Professor of Arabic at the University of Geneva. He is the author of Quranic Hermeneutics: al-Tabrisi and the Craft of Commentary (2011) as well as a number of articles on the interpretation of the Quran and medieval and modern Arabic literature. Robert Irwin is the author of The Arabian Nights: A Companion as well as numerous other ... Read more

Reviews for A Hundred and One Nights
"An enjoyable collection, with a good variety of stories (and presentation)."
Complete Review
"Reading Fudge's translation of A Hundred and One Nights is a joy."
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"Bruce Fudge's erudite translation . . . is a major contribution to the field and promises to intrigue and beguile the general reader as well as to become indispensable ... Read more

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