{"product_id":"maqmt-ab-zayd-al-sarj-al-arr-9781479800896","title":"Maq\u0026#257;m\u0026#257;t Ab\u0026#299; Zayd Al-Sar\u0026#363;j\u0026#299;","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaqāmāt Abī Zayd al-Sarūjī \u003c\/i\u003eis a scholarly, Arabic-only edition of the celebrated work by al-Ḥarīrī, which is also available in English translation from the Library of Arabic Literature as \u003ci\u003eImpostures. \u003c\/i\u003eAl-Ḥarīrī's text consists of fifty stories about the adventures of the itinerant con man and master of persuasion Abū Zayd al-Sarūjī, as told by the equally itinerant and often gullible narrator al-Ḥārith ibn Hāmmam. Al-Ḥarīrī was a virtuoso writer of the rhymed prose narrative genre known as the \u003ci\u003emaqāmah\u003c\/i\u003e, which would continue as a popular literary form into the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn Arabic edition with an Arabic foreword and English scholarly apparatus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Al-Ḥarīrī\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479800899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479800896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Al-\u0026#7716;ar\u0026#299;r\u0026#299;","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941086789887,"sku":"9781479800896","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1c10b68e-0c88-473d-a760-11a40d04fae0.jpg?v=1681450830","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maqmt-ab-zayd-al-sarj-al-arr-9781479800896","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}