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Djinn is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Jean Dufaux and illustrated by Ana Miralles. The story is an adult adventure-thriller and deals with themes of sexuality and colonial politics . The first four volumes make up the "Ottoman Cycle" while the following five comprise the "Africa Cycle".
Jinn (Arabic: جِنّ ), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabia and later in Islamic culture and beliefs. [1] Like humans, they are accountable for their deeds and can be either believers ( Mu'minun ) or unbelievers ( kuffar ), depending on whether they accept God 's guidance.
The Djinn is a 2021 American supernatural horror film directed and written by David Charbonier and Justin Powell. The film stars Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe and John Erickson. [ 3 ] It was released in the United States in select theaters and through video on demand on May 14, 2021, by IFC Midnight . [ 3 ]
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye is a 1994 collection of five mythical short stories by British novelist A. S. Byatt. [1] The collection includes two short stories, "The Glass Coffin" and "Gode's Story", originally published in the novel Possession, [1] as well as the titular story, "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye", which was published in The Paris Review.
A Master of Djinn is a 2021 fantasy steampunk novel by American writer P. Djèlí Clark, published by Tor.com. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The book is part of Clark's the Dead Djinn Universe and follows the events of the novelette "A Dead Djinn in Cairo", [ 3 ] and the novella The Haunting of Tram Car 015 .
Djinn/Jean seems to lead Simon on a wild chase through Paris, but as with many of Robbe-Grillet's other works, all is not as it appears. The plot of Djinn is surrounded by a frame story, a technique that Robbe-Grillet also employed in his novel Dans le Labyrinthe (1959). The police search the home of the narrator, supposed to be Simon Lecoeur ...
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line was originally written as part of her dissertation for her Master of Arts degree. [6] The manuscript and publication rights were sold at the Frankfurt Book Fair , [ 10 ] and the novel was the subject of a "hard-fought auction" between multiple publishers, ultimately being sold to Chatto & Windus and Random House .
Djinn twins, John and Philippa Gaunt, are off on another trip around the world in book four of the bestselling Children of the Lamp series. It's a race against time as the twins attempt to save their mother, Layla Gaunt from her destiny of being Blue Djinn of Babylon, save their father, Edward Gaunt, from an aging curse brought from a binding their mother Layla put on their father to make sure ...