Aladdin - A New Translation

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.

About the author

Paulo Lemos Horta is an associate professor of literature at New York University Abu Dhabi, and the author of Marvellous Thieves: Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights. He lives in Abu Dhabi and Barcelona.Yasmine Seale is a writer who works across poetry, translation, criticism, and visual art.

Summary

A dynamic French-Syrian translator, lauded for her lively poetic voice, tackles the enchanted world of Aladdin in this sparkling new translation.

Product details

• Authors: Paulo Lemos Horta, Yasmine Seale
• Assisted by: Paulo Lemos Horta (Editor), Paulo Lemos (New York University) Horta (Editor), Yasmine Seale (Translation)
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781324091110
• ISBN: 978-1-324-09111-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 124 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Fantasy, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, Historical fantasy, Myth & legend told as fiction, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Classic fiction: general and literary