| Description |
179 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-179). |
| Summary |
Andrei Codrescu reimagines how Sheheradaze saved Baghdad's virgins and her own life through a heroic feat of storytelling--one that kept the Persian king Sharyar hanging in agonizing narrative and erotic suspense for 1001 nights. For Sheherazade, the end of either suspense or curiousity means death, but Codrescu keeps both alive in this entertaining tale of how she learned to hold a king in thrall, setting with her endless invention an unsurpassable example for all storytellers across the ages. Liberated and mischievous, Codrescu's Sheherazade is as charming as she is shrewd. |
| Subject |
Arabian nights -- Adaptations.
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Storytelling -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780691143378 (acid-free paper) : $22.95 |
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0691143374 (acid-free paper) |
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