A review by thekqy
One Thousand and One Nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh

3.0

this was my first time actually reading a translation of the thousand and one nights. I’ve wanted to ever since I heard the scheherazade piece from rimsky korsakov. however I have to say I was disappointed and in hindsight I shouldn’t have read this version first (or at all??)… I’ll have to try a more faithful version one day, hopefully with a writing style more akin to oral storytelling

2.5 stars