What is the significance of numbers in the novel, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights?

Numbers represent things that are special, special numbers related to an event or thing make it special. There are superstitions associated with numbers, historically and in the eyes of Sanford Bliss. These characters believe round numbers to be unlucky. 1001, a purposefully not round number, is repeated in many settings and is believed by some to be magical. Dunia’s first stay on Earth, Mr Geronimo’s time working at La Incoerenza before Ella dies, the strangenesses, and Scheherazade’s tales all last 1001 days.