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Like its more famous sibling, the Thousand and One Nights, this collection opens with the frame story of Shahrazad, the gifted vizier's daughter who recounts imaginative tales night after night in an effort to distract the murderous king from taking her life. It is distinctly rooted in Arabic literary culture and the Islamic tradition.
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A Hundred and One Nights, Various authors
- Language
- Released
- 2016
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- Title
- A Hundred and One Nights
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Various authors
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN10
- 0814745199
- ISBN13
- 9780814745199
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Like its more famous sibling, the Thousand and One Nights, this collection opens with the frame story of Shahrazad, the gifted vizier's daughter who recounts imaginative tales night after night in an effort to distract the murderous king from taking her life. It is distinctly rooted in Arabic literary culture and the Islamic tradition.