TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haddawy,Husain
TI  - The Arabian nights II: Sindbad and other popular stories
SN  - 9780393038156
AV  - PJ7716.A1 H33 2008x
U1  - 398.22 AR 1996 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Aladdin
KW  - Arabs
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Tales -- Middle East
KW  - Sindbad the Sailor (Legendary character)
KW  - Ali Baba (Legendary character)
KW  - Short stories, Arabic
KW  - Translations into English
N1  - Introduction -- The story of Sinbad the sailor -- The story of 'Ali Baba and the forty thieves -- The story of 'Ala al-Din (Aladdin) and the magic lamp -- The story of Qamar al-Zaman and his two sons, Amjad and As'ad
N2  - With his expertise as a translator and his firsthand knowledge of the Middle Eastern storyteller's art, Husain Haddawy has selected four stories that best embody the esential nature of The Arabain nights. His introduction traces the history of the Nights' translation, serving as a guide to the evolution of this classic body of stories that have become part of our common mythology.--Publisher description
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