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Leg over leg or The turtle in the tree. concerning the Fāriyāq, what manner of creature might he be / Volume one :
Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of 'the Fariyaq, ' alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. The always edifying and often hilarious adventures of the Fariyaq, as he moves from his nati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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New York :
New York University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Library of Arabic literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Letter from the General Editor; Table of Contents; Foreword; A Note on the Text; Notes to the Frontmatter; LEG OVER LEG, VOLUME ONE; Contents of the Book; The Dedication of This Elegantly Eloquent Book; Author's Notice; An Introduction by the Publisher of This Book; Proem; BOOK ONE; Chapter 1: Raising a Storm; Chapter 2: A Bruising Fall and a Protecting Shawl; Chapter 3: Various Amusing Anecdotes; Chapter 4: Troubles and a Tambour; Chapter 5: A Priest and a Pursie, Dragging Pockets and Dry Grazing; Chapter 6: Food and Feeding Frenzies.
- Chapter 7: A Donkey that Brayed, a Journey Made, a Hope DelayedChapter 8: Bodega, Brethren, and Board; Chapter 9: Unseemly Conversations and Crooked Contestations; Chapter 10: Angering women who Dart Sideways Looks, and Claws like Hooks; Chapter 11: That which Is Long and Broad; Chapter 12: A Dish and an Itch; Chapter 13: A Maqamah, or, a Maqamah on "Chapter 13"; Chapter 14: A Sacrament; Chapter 15: The Priest's Tale; Chapter 16: The Priest's Tale Continued; Chapter 17: Snow; Chapter 18: Bad Luck; Chapter 19: Emotion and Motion; Chapter 20: The Difference between Market-men and Bag-men; Notes.
- GlossaryIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute; About the Typefaces; About the Editor-Translator.