Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abū Shādūf Expounded: Volume One

by Yusuf Al-Shirbini

Book Overview

Witty, bawdy, and vicious, Yūsuf al-Shirbīnī's Brains Confounded pits the "coarse" rural masses against the "refined" urban population. In Volume One, al-Shirbīnī describes the three rural "types"--peasant cultivator, village man-of-religion, and rural dervish--offering anecdotes testifying to the ignorance, dirtiness, and criminality of each. In Volume Two, he presents a hilarious parody of the verse-and-commentary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479840211
• ISBN13: 9781479840212
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"