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sbhatnag's review against another edition
3.0
Anyone wondering what inspired Bollywood and telenovelas need look no further than old Persian storytelling.
meowlvika's review against another edition
3.0
2.5
So I found this book pretty interesting for a lot of reasons. One thing that struck me was how the Indian/Hindu culture was intermingled with the Muslim tradition. There's a lot of condemnation of pagan religion and idol worship, however interestingly the translation didn't condemn the Hindu Gods even though there's a lot of idol worship going on. I mention the translation specifically because it might as well be a political move on the part of the translator.
The translator has continuously mentioned Brahmans and several Hindu ideas. I don't really know if this was used as merely ideas or if the translator aimed at some sort of cultural connection (?) I'm probably rambling but I hope I make sense.
Stories were... Uh... Bad. I didn't like them. It started out pretty good, but then it zoned down to one thing. The man fell in love with a princess, she was taken away by the djinn, he wanted to kill himself, a rider came and asked him to go to Persia where he'll meet Azad Bakht and his desires would come true. We are not told who this rider is but I presume it is a messenger of God. Now, my point is... What in the actual * is happening here? Like... You just see somebody and you fall in love? And you want to sacrifice yourself. I mean, trust me. When they were getting married right and left at the end of the book, I wanted to beat all of them senseless. What even in good Lord's name was that. Like why...? People would literally be dying and all this little shites care about is their bElOVedS. Language wasn't very interesting either so I didn't really enjoy the book much.
So I found this book pretty interesting for a lot of reasons. One thing that struck me was how the Indian/Hindu culture was intermingled with the Muslim tradition. There's a lot of condemnation of pagan religion and idol worship, however interestingly the translation didn't condemn the Hindu Gods even though there's a lot of idol worship going on. I mention the translation specifically because it might as well be a political move on the part of the translator.
The translator has continuously mentioned Brahmans and several Hindu ideas. I don't really know if this was used as merely ideas or if the translator aimed at some sort of cultural connection (?) I'm probably rambling but I hope I make sense.
Stories were... Uh... Bad. I didn't like them. It started out pretty good, but then it zoned down to one thing. The man fell in love with a princess, she was taken away by the djinn, he wanted to kill himself, a rider came and asked him to go to Persia where he'll meet Azad Bakht and his desires would come true. We are not told who this rider is but I presume it is a messenger of God. Now, my point is... What in the actual * is happening here? Like... You just see somebody and you fall in love? And you want to sacrifice yourself. I mean, trust me. When they were getting married right and left at the end of the book, I wanted to beat all of them senseless. What even in good Lord's name was that. Like why...? People would literally be dying and all this little shites care about is their bElOVedS. Language wasn't very interesting either so I didn't really enjoy the book much.
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