Antonio's Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

Antonio's Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

The Tales from the Thousand and One Nights is an escape into and other world - an exotic world of caliphs and wazirs, of jinnis and enchanted gazelles - a world where the natural and supernatural combine to form a single magical reality. Adapted from the famed translation by Sir Richard Burton and illustrated by Antonio, the classic Tales spring to new life in this unique edition.

For a thousand and one nights, Shahrazad lavished her tales with rich detail and high adventure and paused when the tale reached its climax, keeping her husband, the king Shahryar, anxiously awaiting the next night's narrative. Possessing both the rigid morality of the Islamic culture and an unabashed eroticism, the Tales radiate a distinctive vitality that has proved irresistible for centuries. Now, in his first work outside the realm of fashion, world-renowned illustrator Antonio Lopez interprets thirteen of Shahrazad's most captivating nights of storytelling in sumptuous color illustrations and line drawings. Using color and shape the way Shahrazad used rhythmic prose and detailed imagery, Antonio creates a visual complement that renders the Tales more seductive, more compelling, more timely than ever before.

With Antonio's illustrations, the Tales from the Thousand and One Nights becomes more than just an exceptional book - it's a place to indulge the senses.

Details

• Hardcover with Dust Jacket  
• ISBN: 0941434737
• Condition: Very Good 
  
• Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang