On the Road to Baghdad: A Picaresque Novel of Magical Adventures, Begged, Borrowed and Stolen from the Thousand and One Nights

By Güneli Gün and Guneli Gun

Book Overview

Is the story of a journey of a child woman who travels along mythical paths of the East encountering sultans, alchemists, monks, caliphs and ultimately the greatest spinner of tales, Shahrazad, in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897930339
• ISBN13: 9780897930338
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Hunter House
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

The best novel I have read in the past few years

A totally absorbing tale with the most lovable heroine. Gun blends history with fictional yet full-fledged characters, and creates a wonderful athmosphere.

A CLASSIC

Any dedicated person can do the same amount of research and reading to write a book, but only very few can combine that with a big heart in an extremely clever way. This book certainly has everything in correct proportion; especially the humour. I honestly feel embarassed to have been advised this book by a foreign friend.

Great! Compelling! Fun!

This is the best book I've read in a long, long while. I picked it up, planning to read a chapter before bed, and instead stayed up until three, polishing it off. Who could resist a wry, spunky Turkish heroine travelling to far-off times and places? Not to mention the colorful cast of supporting characters she meets along the way.... I'm giving copies to all my friends.

A magical journay !!!

If you want a book drags you to your bookshelf over and over again, this is definitely it. I enjoyed every minute of it and amazed by the unbelievable imagination and talent of Guneli Gun.

A book to bring to the lonely island

If you want to lose yourself for a while and enter into the world of adventures, islam culture, romance and fairy tales, this is exactly the book for you. It is one of the most capturing stories that I have ever read and I have just bought a pile to give away for all my book loving friends. I hope that more books will follow by this marvellous writer