Beautiful Safia is sure she is going to die at the hand of her bethrothed. Having tried to escape over the wall, she finally seems to resign herself to her fate. Befriending one of the eunuchs, she begins a tale, Shaharazad fashion, of daring adventure and rescue:A young thief, Farhad, steals a locket from the Buddha, and finds himself on a quest to rescue Buddha’s daughter from marriage to a demon king. With the help of a sarcastic white tiger, he must first find the fabled bloodstone to use as a bribe and cross many hundreds of miles, all before midsummer’s day.
Translated from the original German, this beautiful story skillfully weaves together the tales of Safia and Farhad with Hindu themes of reincarnation, immortality, free will and karma. A powerful and beguiling tale filled with wonderful characters including a rascally thief and a desperate, determined princess.
Part of my 100 + reading challenge
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