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Seven Rooms
Dominic Jaeckle, Jess Chandler; Afterword by Gareth Evans; Contributions by Mario Dondero, Erica Baum, Jess Cotton, Rebecca Tamás, Stephen Watts, Helen Cammock, Salvador Espriu, Lucy Mercer, Lucy Sante, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Ryan Choi, John Yau, Nicolette Polek, Chris Petit, Sascha Macht, Amanda DeMarco, Mark Lanegan, Vala Thorodds, Richard Scott, Joshua Cohen, Hannah Regel, Nick Cave,, Daisy Lafarge, Holly Pester, Matthew Gregory, Olivier Castel, Emmanuel Iduma, Joan Brossa, Cameron Griffiths, Imogen Cassels, Hisham Bustani, Maia Tabet, Raúl Guerrero, Velimir Khlebnikov, Natasha Randall, Edwina Atlee, Matthew Shaw, Aidan Moffat, Lesley Harrison, Oliver Bancroft, Lauren de Sá Naylor, Will Eaves, Sandro Miller, Jim Hugunin,, …
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Seven Rooms brings together highlights from Hotel, a magazine for
new approaches to fiction, non-fiction & poetry which, since
its inception in 2016, provided a space for experimental reflection
on literature's status as art & cultural mediator. Co-published
by Tenement Press and Prototype, this anthology captures, refracts,
and reflects a vital moment in independent publishing in the UK,
and is built on the shared values of openness, collaboration, and
total creative freedom.
Starting in 1999 with the publication of The Definitive Annotated
Alice, the Norton and Liveright annotated books have become the
leading series of classic, illustrated works in the English
language. The long-anticipated publication of The Annotated Arabian
Nights extends this tradition with a strikingly modern
translation-the first of Shahrazad's tales into English by a
woman-as well as erudite notes that will illuminate the stories for
both dedicated readers and newcomers. Yasmine Seale's translations
from both Arabic and French capture the musicality and rhythm of
the Nights' poetry and prose, while Paulo Lemos Horta's annotations
wrestle with the extraordinarily complex origins and history of the
stories, showing that, far from being inventions of French
antiquarians or English explorers, they have clear antecedents in
Arabic folklore and tradition. This stunningly illustrated edition
selects core stories as well as treasured later additions such as
"Aladdin" and "Ali Baba" to offer an unparalleled account of a
cornerstone of world literature that can be treasured by children,
students and literature-lovers alike.
Long defined by film adaptations that have portrayed Aladdin as a
simplistic rags-to-riches story for children, this work of dazzling
imagination-and occasionally dark themes-now comes to vibrant new
life. "In the capital of one of China's vast and wealthy kingdoms",
begins Shahrazad, there lived Aladdin, a rebellious
fifteen-year-old who falls prey to a double-crossing sorcerer and
is ultimately saved by a princess.One of the best-loved folktales
of all time, Aladdin has been capturing the imagination of readers,
illustrators and filmmakers since an eighteenth-century French
publication first added the tale to The Arabian Nights. Here is an
elegant, eminently readable rendition of Aladdin in what is
destined to be a classic for decades to come.
Long defined by film adaptations that have portrayed Aladdin as a
simplistic rags-to-riches story for children, this work of dazzling
imagination-and occasionally dark themes-now comes to vibrant new
life. "In the capital of one of China's vast and wealthy kingdoms",
begins Shahrazad, there lived Aladdin, a rebellious
fifteen-year-old who falls prey to a double-crossing sorcerer and
is ultimately saved by a princess. One of the best-loved folktales
of all time, Aladdin has been capturing the imagination of readers,
illustrators and filmmakers since an eighteenth-century French
publication first added the tale to The Arabian Nights. Here is an
elegant, eminently readable rendition of Aladdin in what is
destined to be a classic for decades to come.
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The Book of Travels (Paperback)
Ḥannā Diyāb; Translated by Elias Muhanna; Introduction by Johannes Stephan; Foreword by Yasmine Seale; Afterword by Paulo Lemos Horta
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The adventures of the man who created Aladdin The Book of Travels
is Ḥannā Diyāb’s remarkable first-person account of his
travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of
Versailles and back again, which forever linked him to one of the
most popular pieces of world literature, the Thousand and One
Nights. Diyāb, a Maronite Christian, served as a guide and
interpreter for the French naturalist and antiquarian Paul Lucas.
Between 1706 and 1716, Diyāb and Lucas traveled through Syria,
Cyprus, Egypt, Tripolitania, Tunis, Italy, and France. In Paris,
Ḥannā Diyāb met Antoine Galland, who added to his wildly
popular translation of the Thousand and One Nights several tales
related by Diyāb, including “Aladdin” and “Ali Baba and the
Forty Thieves.” When Lucas failed to make good on his promise of
a position for Diyāb at Louis XIV’s Royal Library, Diyāb
returned to Aleppo. In his old age, he wrote this engaging account
of his youthful adventures, from capture by pirates in the
Mediterranean to quack medicine and near-death experiences.
Translated into English for the first time, The Book of Travels
introduces readers to the young Syrian responsible for some of the
most beloved stories from the Thousand and One Nights. An
English-only edition.
The adventures of the man who created Aladdin The Book of Travels
is Hanna Diyab's remarkable first-person account of his travels as
a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versailles
and back again, which forever linked him to one of the most popular
pieces of world literature, the Thousand and One Nights. Diyab, a
Maronite Christian, served as a guide and interpreter for the
French naturalist and antiquarian Paul Lucas. Between 1706 and
1716, Diyab and Lucas traveled through Syria, Cyprus, Egypt,
Tripolitania, Tunis, Italy, and France. In Paris, Hanna Diyab met
Antoine Galland, who added to his wildly popular translation of the
Thousand and One Nights several tales related by Diyab, including
"Aladdin" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." When Lucas failed
to make good on his promise of a position for Diyab at Louis XIV's
Royal Library, Diyab returned to Aleppo. In his old age, he wrote
this engaging account of his youthful adventures, from capture by
pirates in the Mediterranean to quack medicine and near-death
experiences. Translated into English for the first time, The Book
of Travels introduces readers to the young Syrian responsible for
some of the most beloved stories from the Thousand and One Nights.
A bilingual Arabic-English edition.
The adventures of the man who created Aladdin The Book of Travels
is Ḥanna Diyāb’s remarkable first-person account of his
travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of
Versailles and back again, which forever linked him to one of the
most popular pieces of world literature, the Thousand and One
Nights. Diyāb, a Maronite Christian, served as a guide and
interpreter for the French naturalist and antiquarian Paul Lucas.
Between 1706 and 1716, Diyāb and Lucas traveled through Syria,
Cyprus, Egypt, Tripolitania, Tunis, Italy, and France. In Paris,
Ḥanna Diyāb met Antoine Galland, who added to his wildly popular
translation of The Thousand and One Nights several tales related by
Diyāb, including “Aladdin” and “Ali Baba and the Forty
Thieves.” When Lucas failed to make good on his promise of a
position for Diyāb at Louis XIV’s Royal Library, Diyāb returned
to Aleppo. In his old age, he wrote this engaging account of his
youthful adventures, from capture by pirates in the Mediterranean
to quack medicine and near-death experiences. Translated into
English for the first time, The Book of Travels introduces readers
to the young Syrian responsible for some of the most beloved
stories from The Thousand and One Nights. A bilingual
Arabic-English edition.
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