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

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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

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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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Vintage
Language
English
Pages
288

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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.
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Cover of: The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
October 27, 1998, Vintage
Paperback in English
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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
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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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Paperback
Number of pages
288
Dimensions
8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
Weight
7.8 ounces

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OL7700761M
ISBN 10
0679762221
ISBN 13
9780679762225
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121050
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86895

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