One Thousand and One Nights

The Arab world''s greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh

''Magical ... bursting with jinnis and mischief'' Donna Tartt
''One of the finest writers of her generation'' Financial Times

One Thousand and One Nights are the never-ending stories told by Shahrazad under sentence of death to King Shahrayar. Maddened by the discovery of his wife''s orgies, King Sh...