One Thousand and one Nights : : a Retelling by Hanan Al-Shaykh
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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.
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.
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Arabian nights.
PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, [2013]
Year Published: 2013
Description: xix, 288 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307958860
0307958868
SUBJECTS
Fables, Arabic -- Translations into English.