A luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonder
Known to us only through North African manuscripts, and translated
into English for the first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a
marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic
storytelling. Like its more famous sibling, the Thousand and One
Nights, 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. A Hundred and One Nights 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. Although these tales draw on motifs and story
elements that circulated across cultures, A Hundred and One Nights
is distinctly rooted in Arabic literary culture and the Islamic
tradition. It is also likely much older than Thousand and One
Nights, drawing on Indian and Chinese antecedents. This careful
edition and vibrant translation of A Hundred and One Nights
promises to transport readers, new and veteran alike, into its
fantastical realms of magic and wonder. A bilingual Arabic-English
edition.
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