Old Man vs. Demon

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 appeared 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 of various ethnic groups in the Middle East and Near East. "One Thousand and One Nights," with its vivid colors, fantastical imagination, intricate plots, bold and almost absurd exaggeration, and interlocking structure, has given the stories enduring vitality. "One Thousand and One Nights" is an excellent literary work loved and familiar to people around the world. The great literary giant 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 to Chinese children in the form of a beautifully illustrated color booklet, serving as a spiritual feast for them.