Whatever Gets You through the Night : A Story of Sheherezade and the Arabian Entertainments /

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"I fear each passing night that I will not receive my maintenance dose of suspense, and then I will cease to exist."--Whatever Gets You through the NightWhatever Gets You through the Night is an irreverent and deeply funny retelling of the Arabian Nights and a wildly inspired exploration o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Codrescu, Andrei, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights > Adaptations.
Storytelling.
FICTION > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology.
FICTION > General.
Art de conter > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Storytelling > Fiction.
Fiction.
Adaptations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"I fear each passing night that I will not receive my maintenance dose of suspense, and then I will cease to exist."--Whatever Gets You through the NightWhatever Gets You through the Night is an irreverent and deeply funny retelling of the Arabian Nights and a wildly inspired exploration of the timeless art of storytelling. Award-winning writer Andrei Codrescu reimagines how Sheherezade saved Baghdad's virgins and her own life through a heroic feat of storytelling--one that kept the Persian king Sharyar hanging in agonizing narrative and erotic suspense for 1001 nights. For Sheherezade, the en
Physical Description:1 online resource (196 pages).
ISBN:9781400838011

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