One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling

One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling | Hanan Al-Shaykh

This is too much fun not to participate in—I‘m enjoying everyone‘s answers!
1. Ford
2. Independence Day
3. Tuesday
4. 2004
5. 99 Red Balloons
6. Tagged
7. 14
8. 3
9. 1
10. 48 (I‘m missing MT and ND)

MuddyPuddle 48 for me, too – North Dakota was my 47th. Went way out of my way on a cross country trip, but was so worth it! Drove the entire southern width, so much to experience and see! 7y

Hooked_on_books @MuddyPuddle I had quite the goal when I was younger to get to all 50 states, so I planned a long, meandering road trip home after college to knock off several, including the 2 I haven‘t gotten to. My car broke down in South Dakota and derailed the rest of the trip. Oh well, someday! 7y

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laurieluna

One Thousand and One Nights | Hanan Al-Shaykh, ?an?n Shaykh

Some lovely totals to come back to! Thank you so much! ❤

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Thndrstd

One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling | Hanan Al-Shaykh

Thanks, everyone!

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Billypar

One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling | Hanan Al-Shaykh

Recently reviewed this excellent retelling of 19 tales from 1001 nights- appropriate for today's #genieinabottle challenge, but i thought the one genie in a lamp story was one of the weaker ones. There was a good one about two djinns who have a friendly competition to seduce a prince and princess. No lamp or bottle involved though. #augustgrrrl @Cinfhen

vivastory This sounds great 7y

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Billypar

One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling | Hanan Al-Shaykh

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If you're like me and you've never read any of 1001 Nights and have been curious but questioned your resolve- this is perfect: 19 tales selected and retold by a talented modern author. So unbelievably entertaining- an odd mix of fantastic and sometimes horrifying elements, yet it's got a silliness to it too. Blood, sex, love, and betrayal abound in these stories within stories but Scheherazade also sneaks in some feminist messages too.

DivineDiana I am currently watching a series called 1001 Nights on Netflix. It has subtitles since it is in Turkish. The main character is named Scheherazade and there are so many references to the book. Beautiful musical score of Scheherazade. Istanbul looks gorgeous! 7y

batsy I'm going to need this edition with a foreword by Mary Gaitskill 😍 7y

merelybookish I was blown away the first time I read some of the 1001 Nights. They really are kind of amazing and have everything in them! 7y

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JazzFeathers I read a selection of the stories when l was a kid. Don't remember much other than l liked them 😆 7y

Leftcoastzen I'm with @batsy ! I need it too! 7y

Billypar @DivineDiana Ooh sounds good... So this takes place in modern times and is inspired by the stories? 7y

Billypar @batsy @Leftcoastzen I was on the fence when I was picking it out at the library but that fact put me over the edge. Do you have a favorite Gaitskill? I only read 'Because They Wanted To' but was looking to try another one. 7y

Billypar @merelybookish @JazzFeathers I feel like i have this bias that really old works (you know, pre-1980 😋) can't shock or surprise but I'm constantly wrong about that and this is a perfect example. 7y

batsy @Billypar This one is my fave but I've not read all of her books

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Billypar @batsy Ooh sounds good... Didn't realize this one was a novel and not a collection. Stacked! 7y

Leftcoastzen @Billypar @batsy I love "2 girls" as well , the stories book, her first, seemed way ahead of its time 1988

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batsy @Leftcoastzen @Billypar This is on my #LitsyAtoZ, can't wait to get to it 👍 7y

DivineDiana @Billypar Yes, modern times. There is a thread that runs through it that refers to 1001 Nights. 7y

Sace How did this book get past me? Stacked. 7y

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JacintaMCarter

One Thousand and One Nights | Hanan Al-Shaykh, ?an?n Shaykh

#AWholeNewWorld #JubilantJuly

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erinwroe

One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling | Hanan Al-Shaykh

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DNF. Lots of sexist and misogynistic language by men in these stories (was intended to humorous, but far from it). One part was transphobic and there were some racist aspects in this book. From what I've heard about other editions of OTAON, I won't be reading them as well.
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kingdomofbookss

One Thousand and One Nights | Hanan Al-Shaykh, ?an?n Shaykh

Hello Bookworms!
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What is the best translation of 1001 nights? Any opinions?

tpixie @MrBook do u have any idea? 7y

MrBook Excellent question! I've read a couple of them. I know the go-to is Richard Burton's. But, one of my English profs got me onto Husain Haddawy's. He said it holds truer to the source material. I trusted him--his speciality is Middle English, lol, so he's a bit of an older version of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon 😉👍🏻. I have the copies somewhere, if I had them I'd mail them to you for your pleasure. Sorry about that. 7y

Gulfskye I've read several but Burton's is my favorite. I read in the forward of the edition I have that Burton's wife was going through his papers after he died and was horrified at what she found and destroyed everything. I can only imagine the history lost. 7y

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hes7

One Thousand and One Nights | Hanan Al-Shaykh, ?an?n Shaykh

Oh, Aladdin... With his dreams of becoming a prince to win the hand of the princess and a genie under his command for three wishes, he is definitely a #KingOfWishfulThinking. #Characters2017

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LibrarianRyan 👍🏻🤓❤️ 7y

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TheKidUpstairs

One Thousand and One Nights | Hanan Al-Shaykh, ?an?n Shaykh

#magiccarpetride makes me think, of course, of Aladdin; which leads to Sheherazade and the One Thousand and One Nights. Top image is from Wikipedia of an Arabic manuscript dating back to the 14th century.

#rockinmay @Cinfhen

Cinfhen So cool, gorgeous illustrations 💙💜💙 8y

kingdomofbookss Love the illustration! 7y

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LindsayReads

One Thousand and One Nights | Hanan Al-Shaykh, ?an?n Shaykh

Not quite a #bookwithinabook, but it's got the same feel. One story is embedded in another, leading to another, which you can't really understand until you've heard this other story, and then you've forgotten just how it all started. No wonder Shahrazad kept her life! She's the greatest storyteller ever! #ReadJanuary

SuperPunkNinja This book is what first popped in my head for this challenge! 8y

LindsayReads Great minds, eh @McShelfington? 😉 8y

398.2 Beautiful cover 8y

LindsayReads @398.2 I agree! 8y

kingdomofbookss This cover is amazing 7y

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rwrkb

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I passed 1k, what is this madness?! Was I the last one? Am I still uncool? 😜

TrishB 😄😄✋ 8y

rwrkb @TrishB 👊 👈awkward fistbump to go with your high five. 8y

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teebe

One Thousand and One Nights | Hanan Al-Shaykh, ?an?n Shaykh

Not feeling well enough this weekend to go rifling through all my books but luckily I have an old photo of blue books 📖 So here's a different version of an old photo. #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge #shadesofblue

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Linsy So pretty!! I love that cover on One Thousand and One Nights! 📚💙 8y

RealLifeReading Beautiful covers! 8y

kingdomofbookss Soooooo gorgeous 7y

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Marchpane

One Thousand and One Nights | Hanan Al-Shaykh, ?an?n Shaykh

#numberintitle #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

Retellings of the classic Arabian tales

RealLifeReading

Bibliogeekery Beautiful book! 8y

Marchpane @Bibliogeekery It is pretty 😍 & one of the few hardcovers in my collection (they're sort of uncommon here) 8y

Graciouswarriorprincess Beautiful cover! 8y

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Cinfhen Gorgeous cover 💕 8y

AStoriedSoul I love her, didn't realize she had this out! I need it! 8y

Marchpane @TheLiterarium this was my intro to her, what else do you recommend? 8y

AStoriedSoul @Marchpane Women of Sand and Myrrh is poignant and deals with a lot of themes regarding women and freedom in the ME.

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shanebeth that cover! 😍 8y

Marchpane @shanebeth shhh... he's a vain one that peacock 😂 8y

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ConstantReader1

One Thousand and One Nights | Hanan Al-Shaykh, ?an?n Shaykh

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Fabulous. Stories within bawdy stories. Clever women and (sometimes) clueless men. Shimmering web of tales. The book ended too soon, my only complaint.

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