A translation of this book by Enno Littmann was used in a study identifying patterns of framing in it by Mia Gerhardt.
A translation of this book by Enno Littmann was used in a study identifying patterns of framing in it by Mia Gerhardt. In a story by a different author, a character is interrupted while trying to read this book by laborers who toss balls of wadded bread at him, leading him to choose to enter a fatal knife fight. In this book, a man who travels fifteen days to get food for his wife later cuts her into pieces and puts the remains in a chest, since he assumes she had an affair when he sees that food in the hand of a (*) slave. The character Juan Dahlmann is continually thwarted in his attempts to read this book in Borges' story The South. In this book, three days are given to a court official to solve the murder-mystery of "The Three Apples." Though it's not the Kama Sutra, a complete English translation of this work was made by Richard Burton. For 10 points, name this book of stories narrated to Shahryar by Scheherezade.
A translation of this book by Enno Littmann was used in a study identifying patterns of framing in it by Mia Gerhardt.
The Arabian Nights [or One Thousand and One Arabian Nights; or Kitab alf Layla wa Layla]