Aladdin

Aladdin by Paulo Lemos Horta

Long defined by film adaptations that have portrayed Aladdin as a simplistic rags-to-riches story for children, this work of dazzling imagination—and occasionally dark themes—now comes to vibrant new life. “In the capital of one of China’s vast and wealthy kingdoms”, begins Shahrazad, there lived Aladdin, a rebellious fifteen-year-old who falls prey to a double-crossing sorcerer and is ultimately saved by a princess. One of the best-loved folktales of all time, Aladdin has been capturing the imagination of readers, illustrators and filmmakers since an eighteenth-century French publication first added the tale to The Arabian Nights. Here is an elegant, eminently readable rendition of Aladdin in what is destined to be a classic for decades to come.

"It’s not every day you come across a new translation of The Arabian Nights, but the French Syrian writer, Yasmine Seale, has rendered afresh the 18th-century version of Aladdin by Antoine Galland, and has done a cracking job.." -- Family favourites: children’s books for Christmas reviewed - The Spectator
"... an elegant new version of Aladdin..." -- Times Literary Supplement
"... a charming rendition of Aladdin..." -- The National

Paulo Lemos Horta is an associate professor of literature at New York University Abu Dhabi, and the author of Marvellous Thieves: Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights. He lives in Abu Dhabi and Barcelona. Yasmine Seale is a writer who works across poetry, translation, criticism, and visual art.

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ISBN 13	9781631495168
ISBN 10	163149516X
Title	Aladdin
Author	Paulo Lemos Horta
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2018-11-27
Number of pages	144
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