LEADER 03573nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910460209503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-03351-8 010 $a9786613033512 010 $a1-4008-3801-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400838011 035 $a(CKB)2670000000081213 035 $a(EBL)670337 035 $a(OCoLC)713010112 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474384 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11307278 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474384 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10448687 035 $a(PQKB)11532215 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC670337 035 $a(OCoLC)713378679 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36884 035 $a(DE-B1597)447043 035 $a(OCoLC)979954370 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400838011 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL670337 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10456320 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL303351 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000081213 100 $a20100920d2011 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhatever gets you through the night$b[electronic resource] $ea story of Sheherezade and the Arabian entertainments /$fAndrei Codrescu 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (197 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14337-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tFramed -- $tNo Telling Without Retelling -- $tNostalgia -- $tSearch -- $tSharyar'S Return -- $tSheherezade Daughter of the Vizir -- $tThe Findings: Scroll One -- $tThe Fates Speak: -- $tSheherezade'S Day -- $tKing Sharyar'S Day -- $tSharyar'S Dilemma -- $tIn The King'S Absence: Sheherezade.1 -- $t"I See It Sometimes," Abd Al-Hakim Said Mirthlessly -- $tAnother Day of Royal Prose -- $tAnd Yet Another Royal Day -- $tThe Findings: Scroll Two, In Your Majesty'S Absence -- $tIn The King'S Absence: Sheherezade.2 -- $tIn The King'S Absence: Sheherezade.3 -- $tSharyar'S Day -- $tThe Findings: Scroll Three -- $tFailure of the Middle Class -- $tThe Problem Of Containment and Why a Baby Won'T Solve It -- $tBibliography 330 $a"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 or curiosity means death, but Codrescu keeps both alive in this entertaining tale of how she learned to hold a king in thrall, setting with her endless invention an unsurpassable example for all storytellers across the ages. Liberated and mischievous, Codrescu's Sheherezade is as charming as she is shrewd--and so is the story Codrescu tells. 606 $aStorytelling$vFiction 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStorytelling 676 $a813/.54 700 $aCodrescu$b Andrei$f1946-$01042247 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460209503321 996 $aWhatever gets you through the night$92466340 997 $aUNINA