An edition of The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: five fairy stories (1994)

The Djinn in the nightingale's eye

five fairy stories

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An edition of The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: five fairy stories (1994)

The Djinn in the nightingale's eye

five fairy stories

1st U.S. ed.

by

  • ★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 46 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
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A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn appears, offering to grant her three wishes. She asks for a younger body, then requests he make love to her.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
274

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Subjects

English Fantasy fiction, Fairy tales, Fiction, short stories (single author), England, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, short stories, Fiction, fantasy, collections & anthologies, Women authors, New York Times reviewed, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century, English literature, women authors, English literature, history and criticism, 21st century, Fiction

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England

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Cover of: The Djinn in the nightingale's eye
The Djinn in the nightingale's eye: five fairy stories
1998, Vintage International
in English - 1st Vintage Internation ed.
Cover of: The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
October 27, 1998, Vintage
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Cover of: The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories
October 28, 1997, Random House
Hardcover in English - 1st ed edition
Cover of: The Djinn in the nightingale's eye
The Djinn in the nightingale's eye: five fairy stories
1997, Random House
in English - 1st U.S. ed.

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Table of Contents

The glass coffin --
Gode's story --
The story of the eldest princess --
Dragons' breath --
The Djinn in the nightingale's eye.

Edition Notes

"Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus ... 1994"--T.p. verso.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6052.Y2 D58 1997, PR6052.Y2D58 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 274 p. :
Number of pages
274

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24745974M
Internet Archive
djinninnightinga00byat
ISBN 10
0679420088
ISBN 13
9780679420088
LCCN
96046330
OCLC/WorldCat
35723663, 1041763543
Wikidata
Q126697441

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