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Uniform Title Arabian nights. English.
Title The Arabian nights / translated by Husain Haddawy ; based on the text of the fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript ; edited by Muhsin Mahdi.
Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, [2008], c1990.

Location Call No. Status Notes
 Purdy-Kresge Library  PJ 7715 .H33 2008    CHECKED IN
Description xxxvi, 518 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Note Reprint. Originally published: c1990.
Summary A translation based on a reconstruction of the earliest extant manuscript version of the famous tales offers the stories told by the Princess Shahrazad under the threat of death if she ceases to amuse.
Subject Folk literature, Arabic -- Translations into English.
Fairy tales -- Arab countries.
Arabs -- Folklore.
Tales -- Arab countries.
Added Author Haddawy, Husain.
Mahdi, Muhsin.
Added Title Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys (NEH).
ISBN 9780393331660 (pbk.) : $17.95
0393331660 (pbk.) : $17.95
OCLC # mjc2008013991
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