The Book of Rain by Ab Zayd al-Anr, David Larsen - 9798891060364
Wave Books
The Book of RainAuthor(s): Ab Zayd al-Anr, David Larsen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Wave Books, United States\nImprint: Wave Books\nISBN-13: 9798891060364, 979-8891060364\nSynopsis\nNamed a Best Book of 2025 by Books Without Borders\n\nA vivid translation of Ab? Zayd alAn??r?s early Arabic weather lexicon, Book of Rain reveals a richly detailed linguistic landscape devoted to the many forms of rain.\n\nThe contents of the future are the contents of a cloud.\n\nSo begins translator David Larsens introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather-words, by early Arabic linguist Ab? Zayd al-An??r?. In Larsens translation, Ab? Zayds lexicography of rain is simultaneously an academic, archival, and poetic pursuit.\n\nAfter the fashion of Larsens award-winning translation of Names of the Lion, these rich, extensive lists provide detailed descriptions of specific kinds of rainfall, including al-taht?n, or The Outpour, a kind of continual rain, or al-wa?f?, .
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