{"product_id":"marvellous-thieves-secret-authors-of-the-arabian-nights-9780674986596","title":"Marvellous Thieves: Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough many of its stories originated centuries ago in the Middle East, the \u003ci\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e is regarded as a classic of world literature by virtue of the seminal French and English translations produced in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Supporting the suspicion that the story collection is more Parisian than Persian, some of its most famous tales, including the stories of Aladdin and Ali Baba, appear nowhere in the original sources. Yet as befits a world where magic lamps may conceal a \u003ci\u003ejinni\u003c\/i\u003e and fabulous treasures lie just beyond secret doors, the truth of the \u003ci\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e is richer than standard criticism suggests. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMarvellous Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, which draws on hitherto neglected sources, is a brilliant, fluent and original work of literary scholarship.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Robert Irwin, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This fine book...cogently probes an influential period in the knotted and at times sordid history of the \u003ci\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, serving as a fine example to those unraveling this promiscuous and forever malleable set of stories.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Charles Shafaieh, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Intelligent and engrossing...The great merit of Horta's book is that its interest always lies in the story of the story, in mapping out the complex network of the translators, editors and travellers behind the \u003ci\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, in ways that enrich our sense of this remarkable text.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Shahidha Bari, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorta, Paulo Lemos:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Paulo Lemos Horta is Assistant Professor of Literature at New York University Abu Dhabi.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460691104018,"sku":"9780674986596","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4342cd79-7036-4ecf-9ffb-a7f39097327f.jpg?v=1730045283","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/marvellous-thieves-secret-authors-of-the-arabian-nights-9780674986596","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}