Tags:1001 nights, arabian nights, ham seung-he, ice kunion, manhwa, seon jin-seok, yen press
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1001 Nights (or Arabian Nights) is a collection of stories gathered over many years by Middle Eastern scholars. The stories themselves are less famous than the framing tale in which they were placed: Shahryar, a mad sultan, begins taking girls into his harem, spending one night with them, and then having them executed in the morning. Scheherazade is a brave woman who agrees to stay with the sultan. But that first night she begins telling him a story…fascinated by her endless collection of tales, the sultan keeps her alive so he can hear more.
Jeon Jin-seok sets his manhwa of the same title in the same place, and with the same sultan. In the Middle East, sometime during or just after the Crusades, and unnamed country is ruled by the young sultan Shahryar. After a nasty experience with an unfaithful wife, Sharyar creates a rigid schedule: Every night he has a lovely young virgin brought to his palace; he sleeps with her and, in the morning, has her beheaded. Even crueler, the women are made well aware of their fate beforehand.
