Arabs and the Art of Storytelling A Strange Familiarity |
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| Author:
| Kilito, Abdelfattah
Sryfi, Mbarek
Sellin, Eric
Allen, Roger |
| Series title: | Middle East Literature in Translation Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8156-3371-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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Moroccan literary historian and critic Kilito revisits and reassesses, in a modern critical light, many traditional narratives of the Arab world. He brings to such celebrated texts as A Thousand and One Nights, Kalila and Dimna, and Kitab al-Bukhala' refreshing and iconoclastic insight, giving new life to classic stories that are often treated as fossilized and untouchable cultural treasures.
Moroccan literary historian and critic Kilito revisits and reassesses, in a modern critical light, many traditional narratives of the Arab world. He brings to such celebrated texts as A Thousand and One Nights, Kalila and Dimna, and Kitab al-Bukhala' refreshing and iconoclastic insight, giving new life to classic stories that are often treated as fossilized and untouchable cultural treasures.