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Autore |
Codrescu Andrei <1946-> |
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Titolo |
Whatever gets you through the night [[electronic resource] ] : a story of Sheherezade and the Arabian entertainments / / Andrei Codrescu |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-03351-8 |
9786613033512 |
1-4008-3801-0 |
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Edizione |
[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Storytelling |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Framed -- No Telling Without Retelling -- Nostalgia -- Search -- Sharyar'S Return -- Sheherezade Daughter of the Vizir -- The Findings: Scroll One -- The Fates Speak: -- Sheherezade'S Day -- King Sharyar'S Day -- Sharyar'S Dilemma -- In The King'S Absence: Sheherezade.1 -- "I See It Sometimes," Abd Al-Hakim Said Mirthlessly -- Another Day of Royal Prose -- And Yet Another Royal Day -- The Findings: Scroll Two, In Your Majesty'S Absence -- In The King'S Absence: Sheherezade.2 -- In The King'S Absence: Sheherezade.3 -- Sharyar'S Day -- The Findings: Scroll Three -- Failure of the Middle Class -- The Problem Of Containment and Why a Baby Won'T Solve It -- Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 Night Whatever 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 end of either suspense |
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