Heath Jennifer - The Jewel And The Ember Love Stories From The Ancient Middle East - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The human soul is eternally engaged in the search for enduring love. The Jewel and the Ember is a unique collection of compelling enlightening sometimes joyful sometimes painful often funny love stories culled from pre - Islamic folktales and poems drawn from ancient sources throughout the Middle East including Zoroastrian Persia Turkey Afghanistan Moorish Spain and Arabia. These eleven timeless tales resonate across cultures and ethnicities adapted and retold (though not reinvented) from lengthy dense translations and provide alternatives to the all - too - common Arabian Nights and other Orientalist sagas. Here readers will encounter strong smart self - sufficient women - far different from the cliched frequently shrouded creatures characterized in popular fables - and vulnerable men - full participants in the sufferings longings ecstasies foibles and complexities shared by all lovers. In haunting entertaining richly embroidered language The Jewel and the Ember speaks of desire sensuality and passion. It welcomes us into lands and societies of which few in the West are acquainted. These enchanting stories illustrate love's universal values and encourage the heart to sing.
Title: The Jewel And The Ember Love Stories From The Ancient Middle East
Author(s): Heath Jennifer
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group Inc
Barcode: 9781623717537
Pages: 244 Pages, 50 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 8/20/2024
Category: Short Stories