Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange [electronic resource]
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On the shrouded corpse hung a tablet of green topaz with the inscription: 'I am
Shaddad the Great. I conquered a thousand cities; a thousand white elephants
were collected for me; I lived for a thousand years and my kingdom covered both
east and west, but when death came to me nothing of all that I had gathered was
of any avail. You who see me take heed: for Time is not to be trusted.'
Dating from at least a millennium ago, these are the earliest known Arabic short
stories, surviving in a single, ragged manuscript in a library in Istanbul. Some
found their way into The Arabian Nights but most have never been read in English
before. Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange has monsters, lost
princes, jewels beyond price, a princess turned into a gazelle, sword-wielding
statues and shocking reversals of fortune.
© Robert Irwin 2014 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Main title:
Author:
Anonymous, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin UK, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (489 MB, 17:50:23 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Taheen Modak
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241441190
Language:
English
BRN:
436944
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |