Leg over Leg by Ahmad Faris alShidyaq
Brand: NYU Press - IPS
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The life birth and early years of the Fariyaqthe alter ego of the Arab intellectual Ahmad Faris alShidyaq Leg over Leg recounts the life from birth to middle age of the Fariyaq alter ego of Ahmad Faris alShidyaq 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 native Lebanon to Egypt Malta Tunis England and France provide the author with grist for wideranging discussions of the intellectual and social issues of his time including the ignorance and corruption of the Lebanese religious and secular establishments freedom of conscience womens rights sexual relationships between men and women the manners and customs of Europeans and Middle Easterners and the differences between contemporary European and Arabic literatures all the while celebrating the genius and beauty of the classical Arabic language. Volumes One and Two follow the hapless Fariyaq through his youth and early education his misadventures among the monks of Mount Lebanon his flight to the Egypt of Muhammad Ali and his subsequent employment with the first Arabic daily newspaperduring which time he suffers a number of diseases that parallel his progress in the sciences of Arabic grammar and engages in amusing digressions on the table manners of the Druze young love snow and the scandals of the early papacy. This first book also sees the listof locations in Hell types of medieval glue instruments of torture stars and preIslamic idolscome into its own as a signature device of the work. Akin to Sterne and Rabelais in his satirical outlook and technical inventiveness alShidyaq produced in Leg over Leg a work that is unique and unclassifiable. It was initially widely condemned for its attacks on authority its religious skepticism and its obscenity and later editions were often abridged. This is the first complete English translation of this groundbreaking work. show more
Condition : New
Author : Ahmad Faris AlShidyaq
Weight : 779.98
Publisher : NYU Press IPS
Language : English
EAN : 9781479800728
ISBN10 : 1479800724
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20211019
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 528 Pages
Dimensions : 130 X 204 X 36