Passed down over centuries from India, Persia, and across the Arab world, the mesmerizing stories of One Thousand and One Nights are related by the beautiful, young Shahrazad as she attempts to delay her execution. bursting with jinnis and mischief Donna Tartt One of the finest writers of her generation Financial Times One Thousand and One Nights are the never-ending stories told by Shahrazad under sentence of death to King Shahrayar. /rebates/2f97814088277652fThousand-Nights-Hanan-Al-Shaykh-140882776X2fplp&. One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling. Foreword - Shahrayar and Shahrazad - The fisherman and the jinni - The porter and the three ladies - The first dervish - The second dervish - The third dervish - The first merchant - The hunchback - The mistress of the house's tale - The doorkeeper's tale - The shopper's tale - The reaction of the caliph - Dalila the wily - The demon's wife - The woman and her five lovers - Budur and Qamal al-Zaman - Zumurrud and Nur al-Din - The fourth voyage of Sindbad the sailor - The resolution of the porter and the three ladies.Īn evocative reimagining of nineteen tales from the classic story about young queen Shahrazad's efforts to save her life from a brutal husband focuses on female characters at the heart of each tale in a woven sequence that incorporates humor and sensuality. The Arab worlds greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh Magical.
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