"Arabian Nightmare" - a novel by the British writer Robert Irwin , was published in 1983.
| Arabian nightmare | |
|---|---|
| The arabian nightmare | |
| Genre | novel |
| Author | Robert Irwin |
| Original language | English |
| Date of first publication | 1983 |
Content
Work history
The novel was published on November 30, 1983 , among the first books of the new British publishing house Dedalus.
According to the director of the publishing house, Eric Lane, “Irwin became a cult author thanks to the Arabian Nightmare, which was included in all encyclopedias, even in the nursery. Moreover, excerpts from the novel are included in the Cairo guidebooks [1] .
Story
The novel takes place June 18, 1486 in Egypt , in Cairo . An English scout named Belian penetrates the caravanserai to reconnoitre the area, but instead of fruitful work on the very first night, he had a nightmare , accompanied by an attack of several hours of amnesia .
The reader finds himself in Alyam al-Mital - an analogue of the European kingdom of Morpheus , where it is not completely clear and understandable what is what and where that road leads to Nowhere.
Balyan justifies the failure of the task by exposing a terrible sect, meeting with the Baghdad Monkeys and extremely interesting personalities of medieval Cairo.
Translation
The novel was repeatedly published in Russia in the translation of V. Kogan.
Guest Critics
Robert Irvin leads the reader around the finger like a real-life sharper or a street magician: look, it’s just been empty in his hands, but an ace and a joker appeared. Although it concerns only the “Arabian nightmare”: in other works this writer failed to repeat this remarkable trick. - Vasily Vladimirsky [2]
Sources
- ↑ Interview of E. Lein, Editor-in-Chief of the Dedalus Publishing House / Foreign Literature, 2002, No. 4.
- ↑ Vasily Vladimirsky. Arabian nightmares of the conquerors of the planets / ozon.ru, 07.28.2002
Links
- Review and criticism of the NY Times novel