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Shaykh, Ḥanān, author.
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Fables, Arabic -- Translations into English.
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One thousand and one nights / a retelling by Hanan al-Shaykh ; foreword by Mary Gaitskill.
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Shaykh, Ḥanān, author.
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.
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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.
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