Library of Arabic Literature English-only editions
now available in paperback Impostures
One of the Wall Street Journal's Top 10 Books of the Year Winner, 2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Translation Category Finalist, 2021 PROSE Award, Literature Category
al-Ḥarīrī Translated by Michael Cooperson Foreword by Abdelfattah Kilito An groundbreaking new transla�on of a celebrated work of Arabic literature. Impostures follows the roguish Abū Zayd al-Sarūjī in his adventures around the medieval Middle East—impersona�ng a preacher, pretending to be blind, and lying to a judge. In every escapade he shows himself to be a brilliant and persuasive wordsmith, composing poetry, palindromes, and riddles on the spot. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS Series: Library of Arabic Literature October 2021 PB 9781479810567 £12.99 542pp HB 9781479800841 £25.99 534pp | eBook 9781479800858 £25.99
A Hundred and One Nights
Edited & Translated by Bruce Fudge Foreword by Robert Irwin Known to us only through North African manuscripts, and translated into English for the first �me, A Hundred and One Nights is a marvelous example of the rich tradi�on of popular Arabic storytelling. This careful edi�on and vibrant transla�on promises to transport readers, new and veteran alike, into its fantas�cal realms of magic and wonder. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS Series: Library of Arabic Literature September 2017 272pp PB: 9781479873234 £12.99 eBook: 9781479808526 £12.99
A Treasury of Virtues
Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of 'Ali, with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to al-Jahiz al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī Edited & Translated by Tahera Qutbuddin
A Physician on the Nile
A Description of Egypt and Journal of the Famine Years ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī Translated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith Foreword by Mansoura Ez-Eldin A Physician on the Nile begins as a descrip�on of everyday life in Egypt at the turn of the seventh/thirteenth century, before becoming a harrowing account of famine and pes�lence. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS Series: Library of Arabic Literature November 2022 288pp PB: 9781479820078 £13.99 eBook: 9781479820054 £13.99
Accounts of China and India
Abū Zayd al-Sīrāfī Foreword by Zvi Ben-Dor Benite Translated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
A collec�on of sayings, sermons, and teachings a�ributed to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 40/661), the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, the first Shia Imam and the fourth Sunni Caliph. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
The 9th and 10th centuries witnessed the establishment of a substan�al network of mari�me trade across the Indian Ocean. An excep�onal exemplar of Arabic travel wri�ng, this book is a compila�on of reports and anecdotes about the lands and peoples of this diverse territory. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Series: Library of Arabic Literature April 2014 306pp PB: 9781479896530 £12.99 eBook: 9781479888429 £9.99
Series: Library of Arabic Literature April 2017 124pp PB: 9781479830596 £12.99 eBook: 9781479814428 £12.99