Screen LibraryOne thousand and one nights : a retelling by Hanan al-Shaykh /
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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Pantheon Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Arabic |
| Edition: | First American edition. |
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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. |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 288 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780307948991 (pbk.) : 0307948994 (pbk.) 9780307958860 0307958868 |
| Index Number: | PR6119 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/S538-1 |
| 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. |