one thousand and one nights by hanan al shaykh

More of a sense of escaping death one more time. One in which there was more interaction between the sultan and Scheherazade as day followed a night of storytelling.

From what I do remember - and it’s been decades since I last read it - there was more of a transition between stories. I’d like to re-read a Western version just to enjoy the differences more. That certain actions can be forgiven while others cannot. She does point out that while the “attitude is dark toward women” (too true), the women are “resourceful and witty”. Betrayal is a dominant theme in almost every book I read, so I wouldn’t read too much into that. Mary Gaitskilll’s foreword is curious reading with her assessment of the tales’ theme being one of betrayal and/or trickery. If anything, I’d say it was more of an adult read simply because of the “more elevated” language and a certain lack of fun. It’s only likely to be a concern for parents in bits and pieces. It is being promoted as being sexual, or at least having sexual episodes, but don’t get excited. Said to be a re-telling of the original Scheherazade stories without the Western twist, although it does remind me of morality tales such as Uncle Remus and Bre’r Rabbit. Nineteen Scheherazade fairy tales without the Western twist.

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One thousand and one nights by hanan al shaykh