HSPLS site
HSPLS site
 Search 
 My Account 
 Databases 
 HI Newspaper 
 eBooks/Audiobooks 
 Learning 
 PC Reservation 
 Reading Program 
   
BasicAdvancedPowerHistory
Item Information
 HoldingsHoldings
  Summary
  More Content
 
 
 More by this author
 
  •  
  • Shaykh, Ḥanān, author.
     
     Subjects
     
  •  
  • Fables, Arabic -- Translations into English.
     
     Browse Catalog
      by author:
     
  •  
  •  Shaykh, Ḥanān, author.
     
      by title:
     
  •  
  •  One thousand and one...
     
     
     
     MARC Display
    One thousand and one nights / a retelling by Hanan al-Shaykh ; foreword by Mary Gaitskill.
    by Shaykh, Ḥanān, author.
    View full image
    New York : Pantheon Books, [2013]
    Subjects
  • Fables, Arabic -- Translations into English.
  • ISBN: 
    9780307958860 :
    0307958868
    Description: 
    xix, 288 pages ; 22 cm
    Edition: 
    First American edition.
    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.
    Requests: 
    0
    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.
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    LocationCollectionCall No.Status 
    Hawaii State LibraryAdult FictionShaykhChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Waianae Public LibraryAdult FictionShaykhChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Wailuku Public LibraryAdult FictionShaykhChecked InAdd Copy to MyList


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884
     Powered by Dynix
    © 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.
    Horizon Information Portal