Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange
The First English Translation of A Medieval Arab Fantasy Collection
by Malcolm C. Lyons (Translator), Robert Irwin (Introduction)
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Pub Date Dec 03 2014 | Archive Date Mar 27 2015
PENGUIN GROUP Penguin Classics | Penguin Classics
Description
The first English translation of this spectacular collection of medieval Arab fantasy stories
A great cache of ancient, magical stories in the same tradition as The Arabian Nights, Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange is an extraordinary find. Dating from at least a millennium ago, these are the earliest-known Arabic short stories, which survived in a single, ragged manuscript in a library in Istanbul. Some found their way into The Arabian Nights, but most have never been read in English before. Composed to fascinate their original audiences, these charming, surreal, baffling, and beautiful stories are indeed both marvelous and strange.
A great cache of ancient, magical stories in the same tradition as The Arabian Nights, Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange is an extraordinary find. Dating from at least a millennium ago, these are the earliest-known Arabic short stories, which survived in a single, ragged manuscript in a library in Istanbul. Some found their way into The Arabian Nights, but most have never been read in English before. Composed to fascinate their original audiences, these charming, surreal, baffling, and beautiful stories are indeed both marvelous and strange.
Advance Praise
"A revelation—a real classic of popular literature, so fluent that it is not just addictive reading but a genuine pleasure to sit down and lose yourself."
—Sunday Times
"Offers a gateway to a different world of language and ideas, florid, wildly descriptive and are a powerful reminder of the human need for story . . . irresistible."
—The Independent
"This book is an astonishment . . . a profound oddity, but an absolutely intriguing one."
—Scotland on Sunday
"Instantly appealing [with] headlong narrative drive . . . above all, fun."
—The Guardian
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780141395036 |
| PRICE | $30.00 (USD) |
