{"product_id":"every-rising-sun-a-retelling-of-the-one-thousand-and-one-nights","title":"Every Rising Sun: A Retelling of the One Thousand and One Nights","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eEvery Rising Sun: A Retelling of the One Thousand and One Nights\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJamila Ahmed\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250887092\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHolt Paperbacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e432\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this riveting take on \u003ci\u003eOne Thousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShaherazade, at the center of her own story, uses wit and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epolitical mastery to navigate opulent palaces brimming \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewith treachery and the perils of the Third Crusade as her \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePersian homeland teeters on the brink of destruction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik's beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnraged at his wife's betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik begins to marry and behead a new bride each night. Furious at the murders, his province seethes on rebellion's edge. To suppress her guilt, quell threats of a revolt, and perhaps marry the man she has loved since childhood, Shaherazade persuades her beloved father, the Malik's vizier, to offer her as the next wife. On their wedding night, Shaherazade begins a yarn, but as the sun ascends she cuts the story short, ensuring that she will live to tell another tale, a practice she repeats night after night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the Malik's rage runs too deep for Shaherazade to exorcise alone. And so she and her father persuade the Malik to leave Persia to join Saladin's fight against the Crusaders in Palestine. With plots spun against the Seljuks from all corners, Shaherazade must maneuver through intrigue in the age's greatest courts to safeguard her people. All the while, she must keep the Malik enticed with her otherworldly tales--because the slightest misstep could cost Shaherazade her head. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis suspenseful first-person retelling is vividly rendered through the voice of a fully imagined Shaherazade, a book lover whose late mother bestowed the gift of story that becomes her power. Created over fourteen years of writing and research, Jamila Ahmed's gorgeously written debut is a celebration of storytelling and a love letter to the medieval Islamic world that brings to life one of the most enduring and intriguing woman characters of all time.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Every Rising Sun: A Retelling of the One Thousand and One Nights | Jamila Ahmed | Paperback | 9781250887092 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks G 1727678","offer_id":48167539343512,"sku":"1727678","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91KAgq-bEmL.jpg?v=1771948616","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/every-rising-sun-a-retelling-of-the-one-thousand-and-one-nights","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}