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Tales from 1,001 Nights
Malcolm Lyons
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Description for Tales from 1,001 Nights
Paperback. Contains "Aladdin", "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Sindbad the Sailor" and many other tales from the "Arabian Nights". Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
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'.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141191669
SKU
V9780141191669
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About Malcolm Lyons
Malcolm C. Lyons has been Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University, is a life Fellow of Pembroke College and a specialist in classical Arabic literature. Ursula Lyons, formerly an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Oriential Studies at Cambridge University and, since 1976, an Emeritus Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, specializes in modern Arabic literature. ... Read more
Reviews for Tales from 1,001 Nights
“For the past decade, Penguin has been producing handsome hardcover versions of their classics (…) both elegant and quirky in shocks of bright color” –The New York Times