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One thousand and one nights : a retelling / Hanan al-Shaykh ; foreword by Mary Gaitskill.

by Shaykh, Ḥanān

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Pantheon Books, 2013.

398.20953 S538o

Folklore -- Arabian Peninsula -- Adaptations.

Folklore -- Arab countries.

Fables, Arabic -- Translations into English.

Arabs -- Folklore.

Fairy tales -- Adaptations -- Fiction.

9780307958860 (hc.)

Alternate title:

1001 nights : a retelling

288 p. ; 22 cm.

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.

From one of the world's most acclaimed contemporary Arab writers: a sparkling new translation of 20 mesmerizing tales from the beloved masterpiece. The original tales of the ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS were framed as stories told by the young queen Shahrazad to her murderous husband each night in order to save her life. Lebanese writer Hanan al-Shaykh has selected 20 of the stories, translated them into modern English, and knitted them together into one cohesive narrative.

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