A Hundred and One Nights.

• TeilnehmendeR: Fudge, Bruce; Irwin, Robert
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature ; 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

A luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonderTranslated into English for the very first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic storytelling. Like the celebrated Thousand and One Nights, this collection opens with the frame sto...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Letter from the General Editor
• About this Paperback
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• A Note on the Text
• Notes to the Introduction
• The Story of a Hundred and One Nights
• The Story of the Young Merchant
• The Story of Najm al-Ḍiyāʾ ibn Mudīr al-Mulk
• The Story of Camphor Island
• The Story of Ẓāfir ibn Lāḥiq
• The Story of the Vizier and his Son
• The Story of King Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik
• The Story of Maslamah ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān (God Show Them Mercy)
• The Story of Gharībat al-Ḥusn and the Young Egyptian
• The Story of the Young Egyptian and his Wife
• The Story of the King and his Three Sons
• The Story of the Young Man and the Necklaces
• The Story of the Four Companions
• The Story of the Prince and the Seven Viziers
• The Story of the King and the Serpent
• The Tale of the Ebony Horse
• The Story of the King and the Gazelle
• The Story of the Vizier Ibn Abī l-Qamar and ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān
• Notes
• Appendix
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Further Reading
• Indices
• About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
• About the Translator
• The Library of Arabic Literature