Aladdin: A New Translation
Aladdin: A New Translation by Paulo Lemos Horta
English | 27 Nov. 2018 | ISBN: 163149516X | 144 Pages | EPUB | 3.61 MB
English | 27 Nov. 2018 | ISBN: 163149516X | 144 Pages | EPUB | 3.61 MB
"It's not every day you come across a new translation of The Arabian Nights, but the French Syrian writer, Yasmine Seale, has rendered afresh the 18th-century version of Aladdin by Antoine Galland, and has done a cracking job." The Spectator
Long defined by film adaptations that have portrayed Aladdin as a simplistic rags-to-riches story for children, this work of dazzling imagination and occasionally dark themes now comes to vibrant new life. "In the capital of one of China s vast and wealthy kingdoms", begins Shahrazad, there lived Aladdin, a rebellious fifteen-year-old who falls prey to a double-crossing sorcerer and is ultimately saved by 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. Here is an elegant, eminently readable rendition of Aladdin in what is destined to be a classic for decades to come.
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