I nabbed the first three volumes of this many moons ago, and the art is gorgeous. But the framing story is definitely problematic, and I admit I continue to bristle at the appropriation of clever, courageous Scheherezade into the person of lovestruck Sehara.
"Turandot" actually is from the original 1001 Nights, it was just nabbed separately for the opera. But in volume 2 or 3 (whichever doesn't feature the cracked-out re-imagining of Cleopatra), Sehara tells a Korean folktale, which I liked a very great deal.
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Thu, Nov. 8th, 2007 04:04 am (UTC)"Turandot" actually is from the original 1001 Nights, it was just nabbed separately for the opera. But in volume 2 or 3 (whichever doesn't feature the cracked-out re-imagining of Cleopatra), Sehara tells a Korean folktale, which I liked a very great deal.