{"product_id":"a-hundred-and-one-nights-hardcover","title":"A Hundred and One Nights - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Fudge\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBruce Fudge\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRobert Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonder\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKnown to us only through North African manuscripts, and translated into English for the first time, \u003ci\u003eA Hundred and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic storytelling. Like its more famous sibling, the \u003ci\u003eThousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection opens with the frame story of Shahrazad, the gifted vizier's daughter who recounts imaginative tales night after night in an effort to distract the murderous king from taking her life. \u003ci\u003eA Hundred and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e features an almost entirely different set of stories, however, each one more thrilling, amusing, and disturbing than the last. In them, we encounter tales of epic warriors, buried treasures, disappearing brides, cannibal demon women, fatal shipwrecks, and clever ruses, where human strength and ingenuity play out against a backdrop of inexorable, inscrutable fate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough these tales draw on motifs and story elements that circulated across cultures, \u003ci\u003eA Hundred and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e is distinctly rooted in Arabic literary culture and the Islamic tradition. It is also likely much older than \u003ci\u003eThousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, drawing on Indian and Chinese antecedents. This careful edition and vibrant translation of\u003ci\u003e A Hundred and One Nights \u003c\/i\u003epromises to transport readers, new and veteran alike, into its fantastical realms of magic and wonder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bilingual Arabic-English edition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Fudge (Edited and Translated by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBruce Fudge\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Arabic at the University of Geneva. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eQuranic Hermeneutics: al-Tabrisi and the Craft of Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) as well as a number of articles on the interpretation of the Quran and medieval and modern Arabic literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Irwin (Foreword by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Arabian Nights: A Companion \u003c\/i\u003eas well as numerous other studies of Middle Eastern politics, art, and mysticism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47566687338717,"sku":"9780814745199","price":81.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/R2sxQmFHRWhtTzdVVzh5ZTJGQW15Zz09.webp?v=1773315100","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-hundred-and-one-nights-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}