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| author = [[Jeon Jin-seok]]
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| illustrator = [[Han Seung-he]]
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'''''One Thousand and One Nights''''' is a [[manhwa]] (Korean comic) written by [[Jeon Jin-seok]] and illustrated by [[Han Seung-he]]. It is a different take on the events of the original [[One Thousand and One Nights]] story, where the main character Sharazad dresses up like a woman to take his sister's place in the sultan's harem. Three volumes have been published in English so far.
'''''One Thousand and One Nights''''' is a Korean [[manhwa]] written by [[Jeon Jin-seok]] and illustrated by [[Han Seung-he]]. It is a different take on the events of the original [[One Thousand and One Nights]] story, where the main character Shahrazad dresses up like a woman to take his sister's place in the sultan's harem. Three volumes have been published in English so far.


==Plot Overview==
==Plot Overview==
Sharazad, a young scholar, joins the mad sultan's harem in place of his sister, Dunya. Each night the sultan rapes a virgin, and at daybreak he beheads her. When the sultan discovers Sharazad is in fact a man, Sharazad agrees to tell him a story. If he does not enjoy it, he will be free to kill him by daybreak. Over the course of the story the reader discovers what caused the sultan to go mad and kill the girls in his harem.
Shahrazad, a young scholar, joins the mad sultan's harem in place of his sister, Dunya. Each night the sultan rapes a virgin, and at daybreak he beheads her. When the sultan discovers Shahrazad is in fact a man, Sharazad agrees to tell him a story. If he does not enjoy it, he will be free to kill him by daybreak. Over the course of the story the reader discovers what caused the sultan to go mad and kill the girls in his harem.

==External link==
* [http://yenpress.us/?page_id=121 One Thousand and One Nights @ Yen Press]


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Revision as of 02:29, 3 July 2008

One Thousand and One Nights
Cover, One Thousand and One Nights volume 1 (Yen Press)
AuthorJeon Jin-seok
IllustratorHan Seung-he
PublisherSouth Korea Seoul Munhwasa
English publisherUnited States Yen Press

One Thousand and One Nights is a Korean manhwa written by Jeon Jin-seok and illustrated by Han Seung-he. It is a different take on the events of the original One Thousand and One Nights story, where the main character Shahrazad dresses up like a woman to take his sister's place in the sultan's harem. Three volumes have been published in English so far.

Plot Overview

Shahrazad, a young scholar, joins the mad sultan's harem in place of his sister, Dunya. Each night the sultan rapes a virgin, and at daybreak he beheads her. When the sultan discovers Shahrazad is in fact a man, Sharazad agrees to tell him a story. If he does not enjoy it, he will be free to kill him by daybreak. Over the course of the story the reader discovers what caused the sultan to go mad and kill the girls in his harem.

External link