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lindseyhall44's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
morebedsidebooks's review against another edition
4.0
The Annotated Arabian Nights represents a of selection of folktales from what is (without the orientalist moniker) properly titled the One Thousand and One Nights, giving a sample of a newer contemporary translation by Yasmine Seale alongside analysis.
Although this book does not quite reflect Seale’s thinking on the Nights, her translation is engaging and clear in attention to cadence, rhyme, especially verse, and the voice of Shahrazad. While, like her visual poem “Sleepless” of Shahrazad’s waking eye, illuminating texts for modern audiences and up out of previous liberties taken by many. A labor sure to produce something glorious when that edition arrives in full. In the time being, the Annotated Arabian Nights is an immense book more suited to coffee tables and academic interest.
See an in-depth review on my blog.
See an in-depth review on my blog.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
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