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"Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to my village, looking for a wife."When Lo-Melkhiin - a formidable king - arrives at her desert home, she knows that he will take her beautiful sister for a wife. Desperate to save her sister from certain death, she makes the ultimate sacrifice - leaving home and family behind to live with a fearful man. But it seems that a strange magic flows between her and Lo-Melkhiin, and night after night, she survives. Finding power in storytelling, the words she speaks are given strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. But she dreams of bigger, more terrible magic: power enough to save a king . . . if only she can stop her heart from falling for a monster.Set against a harsh desert backdrop, A Thousand Nights by E K Johnston is an evocative tale of love, mystery and magic that would not feel out of place if Scheherazade herself were telling it. And perhaps she is...
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A Thousand Nights, E. K. Johnston
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2015
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- (Copertina rigida)
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- Titolo
- A Thousand Nights
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- E. K. Johnston
- Editore
- Pan Macmillan
- Pubblicato
- 2015
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- ISBN10
- 1447284119
- ISBN13
- 9781447284116
- Serie
- Mille Notti
- Tag
- Narrativa, Libri per bambine e bambini, Fantasy, Young Adult, Fantasy young adult, Fiabe, Magia, Fantasy per bambini
- Valutazione
- 3,65 su 5
- Descrizione
- "Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to my village, looking for a wife."When Lo-Melkhiin - a formidable king - arrives at her desert home, she knows that he will take her beautiful sister for a wife. Desperate to save her sister from certain death, she makes the ultimate sacrifice - leaving home and family behind to live with a fearful man. But it seems that a strange magic flows between her and Lo-Melkhiin, and night after night, she survives. Finding power in storytelling, the words she speaks are given strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. But she dreams of bigger, more terrible magic: power enough to save a king . . . if only she can stop her heart from falling for a monster.Set against a harsh desert backdrop, A Thousand Nights by E K Johnston is an evocative tale of love, mystery and magic that would not feel out of place if Scheherazade herself were telling it. And perhaps she is...