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Arabian nights and Arabian nights : traditional tales from a thousand and one nights, contemporary tales for adults

Arabian nights and Arabian nights : traditional tales from a thousand and one nights, contemporary tales for adults

Johnson, Clive, author.
Book 2016

This innovative book offers retellings of a selection of tales that have captured the imaginations of countless people over many centuries. Accompanying each is a contemporary short story that reframes the messages and teachings of the original, specifically written for an adult / young adult (student) audience. Here are stories of betrayal and murder, exploitation and sibling rivalry, soul-searching and discovery. The modern parallel tales swap...

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ISBN:
9780993202964
0993202969
Edition:
First edition
Description:
319 pages ; 21 cm
Other Title:
Arabian nights and Arabian nights
Contents:
The city of brass
Via Frances
The pilgrim and the old woman who dwelt in the desert
Tissardmine
The history of Abou Neeut and Abou Neeuten
Down by the Yarra
Sinbad the porter and the fourth voyage of Sinbad the sailor
Baghdad Hilton
The story of the barber's fifth brother
Arcade dreams
The tale of the young woman and her five lovers
High flyers
Aladdin and the wonderful lamp
What am I bid?
Scheherazade's story
Stand up
Control Number:
2022136
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