The Djinn in the nightingale's eye

Description:

A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn appears, offering to grant her three wishes. She asks for a younger body, then requests he make love to her.

subjects: English Fantasy fiction,  Fairy tales,  Fiction, short stories (single author),  England, fiction,  Fiction, fantasy, short stories,  Fiction, fantasy, collections & anthologies,  Women authors,  New York Times reviewed,  English literature, history and criticism, 20th century,  English literature, women authors,  English literature, history and criticism, 21st century,  Fiction

Places: England