{"product_id":"impostures-paperback","title":"Impostures - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAl-Ḥarīrī\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Cooperson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAbdelfattah Kilito\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne of the \u003c\/i\u003eWall Street Journal's \u003ci\u003eTop 10 Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner, 2020 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Translation Category\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShortlist, 2021 National Translation Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinalist, 2021 PROSE Award, Literature Category\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifty rogue's tales translated fifty ways\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn itinerant con man. A gullible eyewitness narrator. Voices spanning continents and centuries. These elements come together in \u003ci\u003eImpostures\u003c\/i\u003e, a groundbreaking new translation of a celebrated work of Arabic literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImpostures \u003c\/i\u003efollows the roguish Abū Zayd al-Sarūjī in his adventures around the medieval Middle East--we encounter him impersonating 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. Award-winning translator Michael Cooperson transforms Arabic wordplay into English wordplay of his own, using fifty different registers of English, from the distinctive literary styles of authors such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Mark Twain, and Virginia Woolf, to global varieties of English including Cockney rhyming slang, Nigerian English, and Singaporean English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing picaresque adventures and linguistic acrobatics, \u003ci\u003eImpostures\u003c\/i\u003e brings the spirit of this masterpiece of Arabic literature into English in a dazzling display of translation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn English-only edition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eal-Ḥarīrī (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAl-Ḥarīrī\u003c\/b\u003e (d. 516\/1122) was a poet, scholar, and government official from Basra, Iraq. He is celebrated for his virtuosity in producing rhymed prose narratives, the \u003ci\u003eMaq\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eāmāt\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbdelfattah Kilito (Foreword by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbdelfattah Kilito\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several acclaimed studies of Arabic literature, including\u003ci\u003e Arabs and the Art of Storytelling \u003c\/i\u003eand a study of the \u003ci\u003emaqāmāt\u003c\/i\u003e genre. He is the recipient of the Great Moroccan Award, the Al Owais Award for Criticism and Literature Studies, and a Prix from the Académie Française. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Cooperson (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Cooperson \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages \u0026amp; Cultures at UCLA. His translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Ibn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eḤanbal\u003c\/i\u003e by Ibn al-Jawzī for the Library of Arabic Literature, and \u003ci\u003eThe Author and His Doubles\u003c\/i\u003e by the eminent Moroccan literary critic Abdelfattah Kilito.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 542\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47333660098809,"sku":"9781479810567","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/djB2UzRYN01MMGNKNTM0SG5Ya2t3UT09.webp?v=1769641709","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/impostures-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}