The book of travels: volume two
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Main Author: Diyāb, Ḥannā 1689-XXXX (Author)
Other Authors: Stephan, Johannes 1983- (Editor), Muhanna, Elias (Translator), Horta, Paulo Lemos (Author of afterword, colophon, etc.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Arabic
Published: New York New York University Press [2021]
Series:Library of Arabic literature
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Links:https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479806263
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479806263
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479806263
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479806263
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479806263
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479806263.001.0001
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479806263
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479806263
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479806263.001.0001
Abstract:The adventures of the man who created AladdinThe Book of Travels is Ḥanna Diyāb's remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versailles and back again, which forever linked him to one of the most popular pieces of world literature, the Thousand and One Nights. Diyāb, a Maronite Christian, served as a guide and interpreter for the French naturalist and antiquarian Paul Lucas. Between 1706 and 1716, Diyāb and Lucas traveled through Syria, Cyprus, Egypt, Tripolitania, Tunis, Italy, and France. In Paris, Ḥanna Diyāb met Antoine Galland, who added to his wildly popular translation of The Thousand and One Nights several tales related by Diyāb, including "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." When Lucas failed to make good on his promise of a position for Diyāb at Louis XIV's Royal Library, Diyāb returned to Aleppo. In his old age, he wrote this engaging account of his youthful adventures, from capture by pirates in the Mediterranean to quack medicine and near-death experiences. Translated into English for the first time, The Book of Travels introduces readers to the young Syrian responsible for some of the most beloved stories from The Thousand and One Nights.A bilingual Arabic-English edition
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 330 Seiten) Karten
ISBN:9781479806263
DOI:10.18574/nyu/9781479806263.001.0001

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