{"product_id":"the-book-of-rain-9798891060364","title":"The Book of Rain","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe contents of the future are the contents of a cloud.\u003c\/i\u003eSo begins translator David Larsen's introduction for the \u003ci\u003eBook of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather-words, by early Arabic linguist Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī. In Larsen's translation, Abū Zayd's lexicography of rain is simultaneously an academic, archival, and poetic pursuit.After the fashion of Larsen's award-winning translation of \u003ci\u003eNames of the Lion\u003c\/i\u003e, these rich, extensive lists provide detailed descriptions of specific kinds of rainfall, including \u003ci\u003eal-tahtān\u003c\/i\u003e, or \"The Outpour,\" a kind of continual rain, or \u003ci\u003eal-waṭfā'\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eBook of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is a source of endless interdisciplinary inquiry which will continue to fascinate readers for centuries to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798891060364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Ab\u0026#363; Zayd Al-An\u0026#7779;\u0026#257;r\u0026#299;","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51495082754229,"sku":"9798891060364","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b53204a3-4f0c-47ba-8e5a-507ba68ce4e7.jpg?v=1754973966","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-book-of-rain-9798891060364","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}