One Thousand And One Nights A Retelling

Author: Hanan al-Shaykh; Mary Gaitskill (Foreword by)

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Price : 39.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780307948991
Publisher : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint : Anchor
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Publication date : 03 June 2014
Dimensions : .75 Inches X 5.2 Inches X 8 Inches
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Author : Hanan al-Shaykh; Mary Gaitskill (Foreword by)
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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. Retold in modern English by the acclaimed Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh, here are stories of the real and the supernatural, love and marriage, power and punishment, wealth and poverty, and the endless trials and uncertainties of fate. Bringing together nineteen classic tales, in these pages al-Shaykh weaves an utterly intoxicating collection, rich with humor, violence, and romance.