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Arabian nights and days, Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Denys Johnson-Davies

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Arabian nights and days, Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Denys Johnson-Davies

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Arabian nights and days

Oclc number

30028375

Responsibility statement

Naguib Mahfouz ; translated by Denys Johnson-Davies

Summary

Seventeen tales based on the classic, The Thousand and One Nights, but full of modern messages. In recounting his adventures, Sinbad-the-Sailor observes it is wrong to be a prisoner of tradition. The book's Egyptian author was recently the object of an assassination attempt by fundamentalists

Table Of Contents

Shahriyar -- Shahrzad -- The Sheikh -- The cafe of the Emirs -- Sanaan Al-Gamali -- Gamasa Al-Bulti -- The porter -- Nur Al-Din and Dunyazad -- The adventures of Ugr the Barber -- Anees Al-Galees -- Qut Al-Quloub -- Aladdin with the moles on his cheeks -- The Sultan -- The cap of invisibility -- Ma'Rouf the cobbler -- Sindbad -- The grievers

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