![]() Thus proving herself to be a magnificent storyteller. ![]() But gosh, it just had such a powerful, spine chilling effect on me.Īuthors sometimes too get lost in their interwoven worlds, Hanan knew what she was doing and she did it right, Habibi. ![]() The author let us know that a man has slain his wife, that's all. One thing that astounds me : The brutal scenes were not in graphic details. Their actions made me want to pluck my own hair out, still I found myself flipping the pages at a very surprising speed. The characters disgusted me, yet I found myself attracted to them in the most inexplicable way. After this, every retelling of the arabian nights is going to feel fluffy. Burning with curiosity and utterly enamored by Shahrazad's art of storytelling, the king lets her live for just another day.Īwh Man. She spins a tale for him every night that leaves the king in suspense every morning. To put an end to the bloodbath, the vizier's eldest daughter, Shahrazad, a woman of great intelligence offers herself to Shahrayar. From the palace, a lifeless body is delivered to a heartbroken family everyday. ![]() The king takes a girl every night, only to have her killed at the break of dawn. King Shahrayar's wife's betrayal evokes a horrendous bloodshed. One thousand and one nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh is a mischievous, smutty yet brutal to the bone retelling of the Arabian Nights. ![]()
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