One Thousand and One Nights
A Retelling
New York : Pantheon Books, [2013]
Format: Book
Edition: First American Edition.
Description: xix, 288 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
0307958868
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Folklore Sha | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
"Originally published, in slightly different form, in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, in 2011"--Title page verso.