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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Codrescu, Andrei, 1946-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"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
Description matérielle:1 online resource (196 pages).
ISBN:9781400838011

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