{"product_id":"finding-aladdin-the-hidden-history-of-a-syrian-storyteller-paperback","title":"Finding Aladdin: The Hidden History of a Syrian Storyteller - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Teller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Completely beguiling.\"--William Dalrymple, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Road\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding Aladdin\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale full of strange and wonderful twists that celebrates one of the world's greatest storytellers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eThe Thousand and One Nights\u003c\/em\u003e were first translated into European languages in the 1700s, they caused a sensation--and none more so than \"Aladdin,\" the tale of a good-for-nothing layabout who happened on a magic lamp. Always the most popular of the \u003cem\u003eNights\u003c\/em\u003e stories, \"Aladdin\" mystified scholars for 300 years; while they could trace other tales from Arab and Persian folklore, this one seemed to have been charmed out of thin air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a tattered, anonymous manuscript was discovered in the Vatican. It revealed Aladdin's creator to be Hanna Diab, a young Syrian who had travelled to Paris with a French treasure hunter. Even more amazing, it showed that Hanna had conjured the story from his own extraordinary adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a captivating narrative of literary deduction, Matthew Teller restores authorship to a master storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972778721587,"sku":"9781771967686","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/IKWHFIvy6x9781771967686.webp?v=1794433901","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/finding-aladdin-the-hidden-history-of-a-syrian-storyteller-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}