Arabian Nights: Four Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (Pegasus Library) [Hardcover]

Marc Chagall (Creator), Richard Francis Burton (Translator), Norbert Nobis (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: Pegasus Library | Publication Date: March 1999

Inspired by the powerful magic of "A Thousand and One Nights", Marc Chagall created a series of colored lithographs to illustrate four of the tales. The colorful splendor of the orient, with its mystery and poetry, is captured in this volume vibrant in visual imagery. The book explains the story behind the lithographs and discusses the origins of the tales and their relationship to Judaic and Oriental mysticism. The tales focus on the powerful bond of human love, fate and love, the separation of lovers and their reunion, and the meaning of death.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 164 pages
• Publisher: Prestel (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3791320815
• ISBN-13: 978-3791320816
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #537,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Magic personified in lyric story, April 17, 2000

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This review is from: Arabian Nights: Four Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (Pegasus Library) (Hardcover)

Richard Francis Burton was essentially the first to produce an unexpurgated translation of this wonderful book of tales. Though Burton's English is often excessively stilted, Jack Zipes has quite handily adapted (and condensed from the original 10 volumes) this magical grouping of stories, as told by the enchanting Scheherazade, who tells the nightly tales to save her own life. A classic and must have for anyone's library.