"[A]n electric new translation . . . Each page is adorned with illustrations and photographs from other translations and adaptations of the tales, as well as a wonderfully detailed cascade of notes that illuminate the stories and their settings. . . . The most striking feature of the Arabic tales is their shifting registers--prose, rhymed prose, poetry--and Seale captures the movement between them beautifully." --Yasmine Al-Sayyad, New Yorker A magnificent and richly illustrated volume--with a groundbreaking translation ...
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"[A]n electric new translation . . . Each page is adorned with illustrations and photographs from other translations and adaptations of the tales, as well as a wonderfully detailed cascade of notes that illuminate the stories and their settings. . . . The most striking feature of the Arabic tales is their shifting registers--prose, rhymed prose, poetry--and Seale captures the movement between them beautifully." --Yasmine Al-Sayyad, New Yorker A magnificent and richly illustrated volume--with a groundbreaking translation framed by new commentary and hundreds of images--of the most famous story collection of all time.
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