In one section of this work, a group of travelers encounters a town full of corpses that look alive and at work while visiting the City of Brass.
In one section of this work, a group of travelers encounters a town full of corpses that look alive and at work while visiting the City of Brass. The first part of John Barth's Chimera retells this work's frame story. In "The South," Juan Dahlmann hits his head while carrying this work, which fascinated Jorge Luis Borges. Antoine Galland's translation popularized this work in Europe, although a more famous translation was made by Richard (*) Burton. One of its characters is enslaved by the Old Man of the Sea after an encounter with the Roc shipwrecks him. In its frame story, King Sharyar repeatedly delays the execution of his wife Scheherezade. For 10 points, name this collection of stories, which includes the tales of Sinbad and Ali Baba.
In one section of this work, a group of travelers encounters a town full of corpses that look alive and at work while visiting the City of Brass.
The Arabian Nights' Entertainment [or One Thousand and One Nights; or the Thousand and One Arabian Nights]