Arabian Nights and Days is a 1982 novel by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. The novel serves as a sequel and companion piece for One Thousand and One Nights and includes many of the same characters that appeared in the original work such as Shahryar, Scheherazade, and Aladdin.[1]
Author | Naguib Mahfouz |
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Original title | ليالي ألف ليلة |
Translator | Denys Johnson-Davies |
Language | Arabic |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | Doubleday (English) |
Publication date | 1982 (Arabic version) |
Publication place | Egypt |
Published in English | 1995 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 227 pp (first Eng. edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 978-0-385-46888-6 (first Eng. edition, hardback) |
References
edit- ^ Hallengren, Anders (2004). Nobel laureates in search of identity and integrity voices of different cultures. World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-256-711-6. ISBN 978-981-256-038-4.