One Thousand and One Nights

Hanan Al-Shaykh, Ханан аль-Шейх

Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75 · 16 ratings · 305 pages · Published: 15 Aug 2011
One Thousand and One Nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh, Ханан аль-Шейх
Erotic, brutal, witty and poetic, One Thousand and One Nights are the never-ending stories told by the young Shahrazad under sentence of death to King Shahrayar. Maddened by the discovery of his wife's orgies, King Shahrayar believes all women are unfaithful and vows to marry a virgin every night and kill her in the morning. To survive, his newest wife Shahrazad spins a web of tales night after night, leaving the King in suspense when morning comes, thus prolonging her life for another day.

Written in Arabic from tales gathered in India, Persia and across the great Arab empire, these mesmerising stories tell of the real and the supernatural, love and marriage, power and punishment, wealth and poverty, and the endless trials and uncertainties of fate.

Now adapted by Hanan al-Shaykh the One Thousand and One Nights are revealed in an intoxicating new voice.
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