Little Lion and the Carpenter

Author: Tian Fang
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: "One Thousand and One Nights," also known as "Arabian Nights," is a collection of Arabic folk tales. Handwritten manuscripts emerged around the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries. After spreading across India, Persia, Iraq, Egypt, and other regions for hundreds of years, it was compiled by the late 15th or early 16th century. It is a crystallization of the wisdom and ingenuity of the peoples of the Middle East and Near East. "One Thousand and One Nights," with its vibrant colors, fantastical imagination, intricate plots, bold and almost farcical exaggerations, and interlocking structure, has given the stories an enduring vitality. "One Thousand and One Nights" is an excellent literary work beloved and familiar to people around the world. The great literary master Maxim Gorky called it a "magnificent monument in the realm of folk oral creation." "The Essence of Stories from One Thousand and One Nights" selects twelve of the most representative and influential stories from "One Thousand and One Nights" and presents them in a beautiful, full-color booklet as a spiritual feast for Chinese children.