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Aladdin : a new translation
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- ISBN: 163149516X
- ISBN: 9781631495168
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Physical Description:
xxii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- The tailor's son -- A ring and a lamp -- The slave of the ring -- The slave of the lamp -- The sultan's daughter -- Before the sultan -- A wedding interrupted -- Prince Aladdin -- A palace of wonders -- New lamps for old -- The princess's revenge -- The magician's brother -- Epilogue. |
| Summary, etc.: | "A poor tailor's lazy son finds a magic lamp and uses it to win the hand of a beautiful princess."-- (Source of summary not specified). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Aladdin (Legendary character) Folklore Aladdin (Tale) Folklore Arab countries Arabs Folklore Fairy tales |
| Genre: | Fairy tales. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | 398.2 SEA (Text) | 34027141440167 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Aladdin - a New Translation
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Aladdin - a New Translation
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.
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