{"product_id":"a-hundred-and-one-nights-9781479873234","title":"A Hundred and One Nights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonder\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated into English for the very first time, \u003ci\u003eA Hundred and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic storytelling. Like the celebrated \u003ci\u003eThousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection opens with the frame story of Scheherazade, the vizier's gifted daughter who recounts imaginative tales night after night in an effort to distract the murderous king from taking her life. \u003ci\u003eA Hundred and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e features an almost entirely different set of stories, however, each one more thrilling, amusing, and disturbing than the last. Here, we encounter tales of epic warriors, buried treasure, disappearing brides, cannibal demon-women, fatal shipwrecks, and clever ruses, where human strength and ingenuity play out against a backdrop of inexorable, inscrutable fate. \u003cbr\u003eDistinctly rooted in Arabic literary culture and the Islamic tradition, these tales draw on motifs and story elements that circulated across cultures, including Indian and Chinese antecedents, and features a frame story possibly older than its more famous sibling. This vibrant translation of \u003ci\u003eA Hundred and One Nights \u003c\/i\u003epromises to transport readers, new and veteran alike, into its fantastical realms of magic and wonder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn English-only edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFudge, Bruce:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBruce Fudge\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Arabic at the University of Geneva. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eQuranic Hermeneutics: al-Tabrisi and the Craft of Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) as well as a number of articles on the interpretation of the Quran and medieval and modern Arabic literature.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrwin, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRobert Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Arabian Nights: A Companion \u003c\/i\u003eas well as numerous other studies of Middle Eastern politics, art, and mysticism.","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676420608274,"sku":"9781479873234","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_53dfeeab-0bd6-4921-85ab-df6f304e945c.jpg?v=1733879280","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-hundred-and-one-nights-9781479873234","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}