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One thousand and one nights : a sparkling retelling by Hanan al-Shaykh / Hanan al-Shaykh ; foreword by Mary Gaitskill.
Van Pelt Library PR6119.H398 O54 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shaykh, Ḥanān.
- Gaitskill, Mary, 1954- author of introduction.
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fables, Arabic--Translations into English.
- Fables, Arabic.
- Scheherazade, Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character)--Fiction.
- Scheherazade.
- Scheherazade, Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 288 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2013]
- Summary:
- An 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Cover design by gray318.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in blue cloth with red border and gilt and white lettering.
- Athenaeum copy: Schneidman Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780307958860
- 0307958868
- OCLC:
- 753624612
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