The 1,001 Nights
F. Burton, Richard / W. Lane, Edward / Lang, Andrew / Scott, Jonathan / A. Smith, Nora / Stavans, Ilan / Douglas Wiggin, Kate / Nafisi, Azar / Housman, Laurence / Payne, John / Allan Poe, Edgar
In a new collection that brings together the work of eleven notable translators, with an introduction by the bestselling Iranian-American author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi, and original illustrations by Syrian artist Rama Duwaji, the Restless Classics edition of 1, 001 Nights showcases the breadth and imagination of these legendary tales from the Arab world. Beginning as an oral storytelling tradition long before the first author...