{"title":"Matthew Teller","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"finding-aladdin-the-hidden-history-of-a-syrian-storyteller","title":"Finding Aladdin: The Hidden History of a Syrian Storyteller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEloquent, wide-ranging and informative ... a pleasure to read' Abdulrazak Gurnah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFinding Aladdin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is truly a jewel. I could not put it down' Moudhy Al-Rashid, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBetween Two Rivers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a book about stories and storytelling, and about celebrating a young storyteller whose name was almost lost to history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e were first translated into European languages in the 1700s, they caused a sensation. Most were ancient tales, drawn from Arabic folklore. But perhaps the most famous of all, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAladdin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was completely new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCenturies later, a discovery in the Vatican archives revealed that Hanna Diab, a young Syrian adventurer, had spun stories from his own extraordinary life to create Aladdin, his alter ego in fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this captivating case of literary deduction, Matthew Teller unearths the hidden history of the boy, the genie and his lamp, recovering a skilled storyteller hiding in plain sight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57728919765365,"sku":"7A8-CC9-EAD","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/67a0997c-97b0-4c87-a8e4-d90485b47a21.jpg?v=1793882518"}],"url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.com\/collections\/matthew-teller.oembed","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}