Oriental library
The Oriental Library (OB) is a series of books that was published by CH Beck Verlag from 1985 to 1991 and published in the GDR by the publishing house Gustav Kiepenheuer in Leipzig and Weimar by the Volk und Welt publishing house. The concept of the Orient is broadly defined and extends from Egypt to China : “They wanted to bring the wide world into the GDR.” Twenty-five volumes of the series were published. It brings together literary, historical and philosophical texts from the peoples of Asia and North Africa from the beginnings to the present.
The New Oriental Library has been published by the same publisher since 1996 .
selection
- Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Japan) - Rashomon . Selected short prose
- The story of Hang Tuah . A 16th century tale about the Malay folk hero (Malaysia)
- Ibn Qayyim al-Gauziyya (Syria) - About women. Love stories and love experiences from the Arab Middle Ages
- Mao Dun (China) - silkworms in spring. Stories and short stories
- Dandin (India) - The Ten Princes. An old Indian novel
- Mulk Raj Anand (India) - Two leaves and a bud
- Rabindranath Tagore (India) - Gora
- Naoya Shiga (Japan) - Memory of Yamashina. Selected short prose
- Nagib Machfus (Egypt) - The thief and the dogs
- Lao She (China) - The flower dreams of Lao Li
- Zhong Kui (China) - slayer of the devil. Ancient Chinese Folk Book
- Hitopadesa or The Kind Instruction
- Legends and legends of the Khmer - Ruth Sacher (Ed.)
- Wisdom of Ancient India - Johannes Mehlig (Ed.)
New Oriental Library
- Ibn Khaldun - The Muqaddima . Reflections on world history
Individual evidence
- ↑ “A German-German co-production. The 'Oriental Library' ” , Germany Archive , bpb.de, September 20, 2012. Accessed July 19, 2014.
- ^ "New Oriental Library" , chbeck.de. Retrieved October 28, 2017.