Book Review - The Storyteller - Tales from the Arabian Nights

The Storyteller: Tales from the Arabian Nights
by Anushka Ravishankar

Here is Anushka Ravishankar’s latest new collection of tales from the Arabian
Nights. So you’ll find many, many versions of the Arabian Nights- simplified ones, long ones, illustrated ones, bad ones, good ones, lyrical ones and funny ones. What usually remains more or less constant is the framework- the story of King Schariar and his proclamation to kill his wife every morning and marry a new one and of Scherazade, the courageous daughter of the Chief Minister who takes up the challenge and saves the lives of many young women through the power of her storytelling.
Woven between this plot are stories of wit and wisdom, of bravery, truth and courage, about Kings, Queens, Djinns, Wizards and Magic- retellings of stories from Arabia, Persia, India and China that turn Scherazade’s one night into a 1001 nights…
Such is the power of a story. If it can change a King’s mind, well why can’t it change yours? Thus embrace change wholeheartedly believing in the power of stories and come be a part of the tales our teens are telling @ twistntales on Saturday, 19th of November! Spin. Spin... Spin-a-tale!