Voices of the desert
1st American ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Landers, Clifford E. - Contributor
Publication
2009 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
63,500 words, Guess
Page Count
254 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivevoicesofdesertno00pino
- ISBN-139780307266675
- ISBN-100307266672
- LibraryThing8322693
- Goodreads6671862
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- Library of Congress Control Number2009011831
- OCLC Control Number276339268
- Open LibraryOL23192363M
Classifications
- LCCPQ9698.26.I5 V6913 2009
Description
Every evening, in an amorous battle devoid of love, Scheherazade succumbs to the Caliph's advances, and every night, with the help of her devoted sister Dinazarda and her loyal slave Jasmine, she entices the Caliph with her storytelling, unfurling accounts from the desert, the tundra, the bazaar, the golden-domed mosques. Scheherazade gives herself entirely to her characters, speaking as both man and woman, capturing the call of the muezzin, the speech of the caravans, the voices of the scattered tribes from the Red Sea to Damascus. The Caliph, unable to sate his curiosity, prolongs her life each day, desperate to hear how her stories will end. As Scheherazade brings him the tales of his people, he begins to question his cruel mandate and his own hardened heart, until, finally, Scheherazade discovers how to live out her story in a way that not even she could have imagined.
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Genres
- Fiction
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