Aladdin: A New Translation Contributor(s): Horta, Paulo Lemos (Editor), Seale, Yasmine (Translator) |
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ISBN: 163149516X ISBN-13: 9781631495168 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Fantasy - Historical |
Dewey: 398.2 |
LCCN: 2018036789 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.70 lbs) 144 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Long defined by popular film adaptations that have reductively portrayed Aladdin as a simplistic rags-to-riches story for children, this work of dazzling imagination--and occasionally dark themes--finally comes to vibrant new life. "In the capital of one of China's vast and wealthy kingdoms," begins Shahrazad-- the tale's imperiled-yet-ingenious storyteller--there lived Aladdin, a rebellious fifteen-year-old who falls prey to a double-crossing sorcerer and is ultimately saved by the ruse of a princess. One of the best-loved folktales of all time, Aladdin has been capturing the imagination of readers, illustrators, and filmmakers since an eighteenth-century French publication first added the tale to The Arabian Nights. Yet, modern English translators have elided the story's enchanting whimsy and mesmerizing rhythms. Now, translator Yasmine Seale and literary scholar Paulo Lemos Horta offer an elegant, eminently readable rendition of Aladdin in what is destined to be a classic for decades to come. |
Contributor Bio(s): Horta, Paulo Lemos: - Paulo Lemos Horta is a professor of literature at NYU Abu Dhabi, and is the author of Marvellous Thieves.Seale, Yasmine: - Yasmine Seale has written about books and art for a variety of publications, and translates from Arabic and French. She lives in Istanbul." |