al-Hariri (1054-1122) Impostures, trans. by Michael Cooperson (2016)

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al-Hariri (1054-1122) Impostures, trans. by Michael Cooperson (2016)

Post by jserraglio » Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:36 am

Engrossing storytelling, wordplay and translation. Never heard of the author before. The translation is a series of drop-dead brilliant impostures in its own right — Twain, Boswell, Lyly, Woolf, Singlish, etc.

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