Impostures
Longlist, 2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, in the translation categoryFinalist, 2021 PROSE Award in the Literature CategoryFifty rogue's tales translated fifty waysAn itinerant con man. A gullible eyewitness narrator. Voices spanning continents and centuries. These elements come together in Impostures, a groundbreaking new translation of a celebrated work of Arabic literature.Impostures follows the roguish Abu Zayd al-Saruji in his adventures around the medieval Middle East-we encounter him impersonating a preacher, pretending to be blind, and lying to a judge. In every escapade he shows himself to be a brilliant and persuasive wordsmith, compos…
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Weitere Autoren: Cooperson, Michael (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4798-0084-1
- EAN: 9781479800841
- Produktnummer: 32892964
- Verlag: New York University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 534 S.
- Masse: H16.3 cm x B23.7 cm x D4.3 cm 972 g
- Abbildungen: 1 map
- Gewicht: 972
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
al-¿ariri (Author) Al-¿ariri (d. 516/1122) was a poet, scholar, and government official from Basra, Iraq. He is celebrated for his virtuosity in producing rhymed prose narratives, the Maqamat.Abdelfattah Kilito (Foreword by) Abdelfattah Kilito is the author of several acclaimed studies of Arabic literature, including Arabs and the Art of Storytelling and a study of the maqamat genre. He is the recipient of the Great Moroccan Award, the Al Owais Award for Criticism and Literature Studies, and a Prix from the Académie Française.Michael Cooperson (Translator) Michael Cooperson is Professor of Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures at UCLA. His translations include The Life of Ibn ¿anbal by Ibn al-Jawzi for the Library of Arabic Literature, and The Author and His Doubles by the eminent Moroccan literary critic Abdelfattah Kilito.
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