{"product_id":"my-thousand-one-nights-raja-alem-9780815608660","title":"My Thousand \u0026 One Nights: A Novel of Mecca","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe distinguished Middle Eastern author Raja Alem grew up in Mecca at a time when the holy city was on the cusp of changing from medieval to modern. In this vanished Mecca, vividly brought to life again in \u003ci\u003eMy Thousand and One Nights, \u003c\/i\u003e women hold center stage--especially Jummo, the wildly passionate daughter of the Water Carriers' Sheik. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis faraway time and setting become compellingly real as we follow the intimate drama of Jummo's life, the tragic arc of her affair with her childhood sweetheart and her lifelong love for the mysterious Sidi Wadhana, a more-than-human emissary from the Netherworld. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJummo's world, veiled and invisible to outsiders until this telling of her story, has the feel of the true center of an Arabia that has come to us in many exotic and threatening disguises. Jummo's Mecca is a different world, with different narrative strategies, but the dramatic problems are universal: how lethal is love, how dangerous are woman? And how sensual is the yearning for immortality?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raja Alem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815608667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815608660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.56w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2007","brand":"Raja Alem","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947324440831,"sku":"9780815608660","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dc3ed3ac-652e-407d-a982-772b2105135f.jpg?v=1681518046","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-thousand-one-nights-raja-alem-9780815608660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}