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The first English translation of this spectacular collection of medieval Arab fantasy storiesA great cache of ancient magical stories in the same tradition asThe Arabian NightsTales of the Marvellous and News of the Strangeis an extraordinary find Dating from at least a millennium ago these are the earliest-known Arabic short stories which survived in a single ragged manuscript in a library in Istanbul Some found their way intoThe Arabian Nights but most have never been read in English before Composed to fascinate their original audiences these charming surreal baffling and beautiful stories are indeed both marvelous and strange
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Coralie Bickford-Smith
Coralie Bickford-Smith is a designer at Penguin Books. Her book covers have been recognised by the AIGA in the United States and D&AD in the UK, and have featured in numerous international magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, Vogue and the Guardian. Her work on the clothbound series with Penguin Classics attracted worldwide attention and harks back to the world of Victorian book bindings. She has been asked to exhibit and speak about her work in the UK, Sweden, Germany, Portugal and the US. The Fox and the Star is her first book, inspired by William Blake's Eternity and the graphic work ofWilliam Morris.www.cb-smith.com
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