The Arabian Nights: A Companion

by Robert Irwin

Book Overview

"The Arabian Nights" has become a synonym for the fabulous and the exotic. Every child is familiar with the stories of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba. Yet very few people, even specialists in oriential literature, have a clear idea of when the book was written or what exactly it is. Far from being a batch of stories for children, "The Arabian Nights" contains hundreds of narratives of all kinds - fables, epics, erotica, debates, fairy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860649831
• ISBN13: 9781860649837
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"