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Night and Horses and the Desert: An Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature

Book ID
126871910
Publisher
Overlook
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
960 KB
Category
Standards
ISBN
1590209141

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✦ Synopsis

In Night & Horses & the Desert we encounter the dashing Byronic poetry of Imru’ al-Qays and a treatise on bibliomania by Al-Jahiz, possibly the only writer to have been killed by books. There’s a sorcerer’s manual from 11th century Spain and an allegory by the mysterious “Brethren of Purity,” in which animals argue their case against humanity. Encompassing piety and profanity, fables and philosophy, this volume is a thrilling and invaluabe introduction to one of the world’s great bodies of literature.

✦ Subjects

Классическая проза

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