The Book of Travels : Volume One
by
Hanna Diyab
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Library of Arabic Literature
ISBN-10
1479892300
ISBN-13
9781479892303
Publisher
New York University Press
Imprint
New York University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 4th, 2021
Print length
277 Pages
Weight
746 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 23.70 x 3.30 cms
Product Classification:
Anthologies (non-poetry)Middle Eastern history
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The adventures of the man who created Aladdin The Book of Travels is ?anna Diyab'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. Diyab, a Maronite Christian, served as a guide and interpreter for the French naturalist and antiquarian Paul Lucas. Between 1706 and 1716, Diyab and Lucas traveled through Syria, Cyprus, Egypt, Tripolitania, Tunis, Italy, and France. In Paris, ?anna Diyab met Antoine Galland, who added to his wildly popular translation of the Thousand and One Nights several tales related by Diyab, including "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." When Lucas failed to make good on his promise of a position for Diyab at Louis XIV's Royal Library, Diyab 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.
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