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Remarkable in a novel with such a sprawling cast, Obreht also has a poetic touch for writing intricate and precise character descriptions... \u003ci\u003eInland\u003c\/i\u003e has the stoic heroic characters and the requisite brutal violence of the western genre, but the decision to place an immigrant and a middle-aged mother at its center is a welcome deviation...  In Obreht's hands, this is an era that overflows with what the dead want, and with wants that lead to death. Her two central characters may not be who we have been conditioned to think of when we conjure the old American West, but they, too, are America. * International New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInland\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic story, told in a classic way - and yet it \u003cb\u003efeels wholly and unmistakably new\u003c\/b\u003e... Obreht offers a new representation of the West, both in the characters she chooses and the emotional rigor and range with which she writes. 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Published here in three volumes, this magnificent new edition brings these tales to life for modern readers in the first complete English translation since Richard Burton’s of the 1880s. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, and the next morning puts her to death. To end this brutal pattern, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king enchanting tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, of the Angel of Death and magical spirits, and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps—a sequence of stories that will last 1,001 nights, and that will save her own life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin has produced this magnificent, unexpurgated edition of the greatest collection of folk tales in the world...The Arabian Nights is not a book to be read in a week. It is an ocean of stories to be dipped into over a lifetime. 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But even more importantly, they stand like fabulous cities against the encroachments of the dark * Standpoint *\u003cbr\u003eThese magnificent volumes are the most ambitious and thorough translation into English of the \u003ci\u003eArabian Nights \u003c\/i\u003esince the age of Queen Victoria and the British Empire. * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThis is the most comprehensive collection of the stories to date; freshly gathered and translated from Arabic and French sources, this makes a glorious collectors' edition. * Easy Living *\u003cbr\u003e...this new translation of the world's greatest collection of folk stories restores their colour and verve * The Sunday Times *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732380004695,"sku":"9780140449389","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140449389.jpg?v=1719996627"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/collections\/traditional-or-cultural-fiction-and-true-stories-tales-and-retellings.oembed?page=31","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}