Night and Horses and the Desert
Subtitle: An Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Published: September 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9781585670642
Subjects: Middle Eastern; History and criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Translations into English; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Collections / Middle Eastern; General; Arabic literature
Description: "Night and Horses and the Desert reveals the authentic greatness of Classical Arabic literature. Selecting a wide range of Arabic poetry and prose in translation, from the most important and typical texts to the very obscure, Robert Irwin provides an introduction to the subject."--BOOK JACKET.