One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling, (Paperback)

from greeniezona

I'd been circling closer and closer to this book for a while. I'd never read any version of One Thousand and One Nights, and given my recent reading interests, it seemed inevitable that I do so, but what translation? Then I heard somewhere that Al-Shaykh, one of my favorite authors, had done a re...

from bezoar44

This is the most satisfying retelling or translation of the Tales of the Arabian Nights that I've read. The Tales are full of wonder: genies, wizards, long voyages, riddles, romantic and erotic love. Yet, most versions struggle with (or worse, are simply marred by) the gross misogyny and racism o...

from Lettypearl

This is not a children's book. Hanan al-Shaykh is one of the contemporary Arab world's most acclaimed writers. Although many Arabs apparently considered the framing of the story of Shaharazad a cliche', academics regarded it as a work of genius and a cornerstone of Arabic literature. The author o...

from quondame

A very readable selection and arrangement of stories from Alf layla wa layla which after the standard introduction brings together both characters of and storytellers of the tales in the home of sisters who have had all sorts of misfortunes at the hands of husbands but who remain in the prime of ...

from greeniezona

I'd been circling closer and closer to this book for a while. I'd never read any version of One Thousand and One Nights, and given my recent reading interests, it seemed inevitable that I do so, but what translation? Then I heard somewhere that Al-Shaykh, one of my favorite authors, had done a re...