Tales from 1,001 Nights

Oct 3, 2024 12:35 AM

Author:Malcolm Lyons,Ursula Lyons,Robert Irwin

This is the essential one-volume edition of Tales from 1,001 Nights, drawn from the acclaimed landmark translation published in 3 volumes by Penguin Classics in 2008. It contains 'Aladdin', 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 'Sindbad the Sailor' and many others of the most enjoyable and beloved tales from the Arabian Nights.

This new translation was described as 'magnificent' and 'the most ambitious and thorough translation' in the Guardian and lauded in the Telegraph as 'outstanding'. The Sunday Times said 'The new Penguin edition is the one to have'.

Reviews

As Keret is Israeli, it's easy to read his fiction as political allegory... But it's equally easy not to, and simply to delight in a collection of funny, sad, spirited and entertaining stories. 5 stars

—— Laurence Phelan , Independent on Sunday

Etgar Keret's short stories are fierce, funny, full of energy and insight, and at the same time they are often deep, tragic and very moving

—— Amos Oz

Etgar Keret is the voice young Israel

—— Independent

Don't ask questions: just enjoy...Exhilarating

—— Guardian

A wildly, wonderfully optimistic collection

—— Times Literary Supplement

Perfectly captures the craziness of life in Israel today

—— Observer

One of the most important writers alive...Enchantingly witty

—— Clive James

A supremely crafted collection

—— Big Issue

Etgar Keret's extraordinary imagination sets the reader free from slogans and headlines

—— Linda Grant

Open this book and read

—— Neal Stephenson

A blinding display of mischievous wit and excruciating humour

—— Uncut

One of the greatest short story writers alive

—— Ben Rice

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