Matthew Teller
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Matthew Teller
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Finding Aladdin lydbok
296,-
Eloquent, wide-ranging and informative ... a pleasure to read' Abdulrazak Gurnah'Finding Aladdin is truly a jewel. I could not put it down' Moudhy Al-Rashid, author of Between Two RiversThis is a book about stories and storytelling, and about celebrating a young storyteller whose name was almost lost to history.When The Arabian Nights were first translated into European languages in the 1700s, th…
Eloquent, wide-ranging and informative ... a pleasure to read' Abdulrazak Gurnah'Finding Aladdin is truly a jewel. I could not put it down' Moudhy Al-Rashid, author of Between Two RiversThis is a book about stories and storytelling, and about celebrating a young storyteller whose name was almost lost to history.When The Arabian Nights were first translated into European languages in the 1700s, they caused a sensation. Most were ancient tales, drawn from Arabic folklore. But perhaps the most famous of all, Aladdin, was completely new.Centuries later, a discovery in the Vatican archives revealed that Hanna Diab, a young Syrian adventurer, had spun stories from his own extraordinary life to create Aladdin, his alter ego in fiction.In this captivating case of literary deduction, Matthew Teller unearths the hidden history of the boy, the genie and his lamp, recovering a skilled storyteller hiding in plain sight.
Undertittel
The Hidden History of a Syrian Storyteller
Forlag
Profile Audio
Utgitt
12.11.2026
Lengde
7:14
Sjanger
Historie, Kunst og kultur, Dokumentar og fakta, Politikk og samfunn
Språk
English
Format
mp3
DRM-beskyttelse
Vannmerket
ISBN
9781806495146
Eloquent, wide-ranging and informative ... a pleasure to read' Abdulrazak Gurnah
'Finding Aladdin is truly a jewel. I could not put it down' Moudhy Al-Rashid, author of Between Two Rivers
This is a book about stories and storytelling, and about celebrating a young storyteller whose name was almost lost to history.
When The Arabian Nights were first translated into European languages in the 1700s, they caused a sensation. Most were ancient tales, drawn from Arabic folklore. But perhaps the most famous of all, Aladdin, was completely new.
Centuries later, a discovery in the Vatican archives revealed that Hanna Diab, a young Syrian adventurer, had spun stories from his own extraordinary life to create Aladdin, his alter ego in fiction.
In this captivating case of literary deduction, Matthew Teller unearths the hidden history of the boy, the genie and his lamp, recovering a skilled storyteller hiding in plain sight.
'Finding Aladdin is truly a jewel. I could not put it down' Moudhy Al-Rashid, author of Between Two Rivers
This is a book about stories and storytelling, and about celebrating a young storyteller whose name was almost lost to history.
When The Arabian Nights were first translated into European languages in the 1700s, they caused a sensation. Most were ancient tales, drawn from Arabic folklore. But perhaps the most famous of all, Aladdin, was completely new.
Centuries later, a discovery in the Vatican archives revealed that Hanna Diab, a young Syrian adventurer, had spun stories from his own extraordinary life to create Aladdin, his alter ego in fiction.
In this captivating case of literary deduction, Matthew Teller unearths the hidden history of the boy, the genie and his lamp, recovering a skilled storyteller hiding in plain sight.
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