Leg over Leg Volumes One and Two |
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| Author:
| al-Shidyāq, Aḥmad Fāris |
| Translator:
| Davies, Humphrey |
| Series title: | Library of Arabic Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4798-0072-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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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 native Lebanon to Egypt, Malta, Tunis, England, and France, ......
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 native Lebanon to Egypt, Malta, Tunis, England, and France, ......