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Arabian Nights and Days

A renowned Nobel Prize-winning novelist refashions the classic tales of Scheherazade in his own imaginative, spellbinding style. Here are genies and flying carpets, Aladdin and Sinbad, Ali Baba, and many other familiar stories, made new by the magical pen of the acknowledged dean of Arabic letters.

Genre
fantasyhistorical fictionfairy talefairy tale retellingsmythology
Themes
traveldiversity
Setting
arabegyptmiddle eastafrica
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 228 pages
Form
short stories

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