One Thousand and One Nights: a Retelling

Ḥanān Shaykh

Original title: One Thousand and One Nights

earliest edition we have, 2011 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2011

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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One Thousand and One Nights: a Retelling edition · 2013 · Pantheon · 288 pages
One Thousand and One Nights edition · 2011 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781408826713

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