{"product_id":"whatever-gets-you-through-the-andrei-codrescu-9780691143378","title":"Whatever Gets You Through the Night: A Story of Sheherezade and the Arabian Entertainments","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn irreverent and deeply funny retelling of the \u003ci\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I fear each passing night that I will not receive my maintenance dose of suspense, and then I will cease to exist.\"--\u003ci\u003eWhatever Gets You through the Night\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhatever Gets You through the Night\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrei Codrescu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691143374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691143378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 7.88w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2011 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/29\/2011","brand":"Andrei Codrescu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925614231807,"sku":"9780691143378","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ddd8bf99-e22c-4ab2-b458-af6edc07dc8f.jpg?v=1681078316","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whatever-gets-you-through-the-andrei-codrescu-9780691143378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}