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'Dream of the Red Chamber' judged 'Best Asian novel'

2014-04-30 10:44:02

(chinadaily.com.cn)

 

4. One Thousand and One Nights

Anonymous (First published in English 1706)

The Telegraph: "Wiley Scheherazade diverts the sultan from her execution with the poetic and riddlesome adventures of Aladdin, Ali Baba, Sinbad and mystical creatures. Packing in crime, horror, fantasy and romance, it influenced authors as diverse as Tolstoy, Dumas, Rushdie, Conan Doyle, Proust and Lovecraft."

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