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Book of Rain
ABU ZAYD SA'ID
DAVID LARSEN
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EN SAVOIR PLUS
Résumé
The contents of the future are the contents of a cloud.
So begins translator David Larsen’s introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather-words, by early Arabic linguist Abu Zayd al-An?ari. In Larsen’s translation, Abu Zayd’s lexicography of rain is simultaneously an academic, archival, and poetic pursuit.
After the fashion of Larsen’s award-winning translation of Names of the Lion, these rich, extensive lists provide detailed descriptions of specific kinds of rainfall, including al-tahtan, or “The Outpour,” a kind of continual rain, or al-wa?fa’, or “The Beetle-Brow” which is a “briskly-flowing rain that is counted among the continual rains, whether it is of long or short falling.” Here, we are provided language for frosts, dews, thunder, lightning, clouds, and, of course, the various and plentiful words for waters. Coupled with Larsen’s introduction, the Book of Rain is a source of endless interdisciplinary inquiry which will continue to fascinate readers for centuries to come.
Détails
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Prix :
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38,95 $
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Auteur :
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ABU ZAYD SA'ID
DAVID LARSEN
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Book of Rain
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Date de parution :
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17 octobre 2025
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WAVE BOOKS
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POESIE-AUTRE
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ISBN :
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9798891060364 (8891060364)
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Référence Renaud-Bray :
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21467110
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No de produit :
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4435268
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Book of Rain
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SA'ID, ABU ZAYD*LARSEN, DAVID
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WAVE BOOKS
2025
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