Leg over Leg : : Volume Two / / Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq; ed. by Humphrey Davies.

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...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Library of Arabic Literature ; 27
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Letter from the General Editor
  • Table of Contents
  • Leg Over Leg
  • Contents of the Book
  • Chapter 1: Rolling a Boulder
  • Chapter 2: A Salutation and a Conversation
  • Chapter 3: The Extraction of the Fāriyāq from Alexandria, by Sail
  • Chapter 4: A Throne to Gain Which Man Must Make Moan
  • Chapter 5: A Description of Cairo
  • Chapter 6: Nothing
  • Chapter 7: A Description of Cairo
  • Chapter 8: Notice that the Description of Cairo is Ended
  • Chapter 9: That to Which I Have Alluded
  • Chapter 10: A Doctor
  • Chapter 11: The Fulfillment of What He Promised Us
  • Chapter 12: Poems for Princes
  • Chapter 13: A Maqāmah to Make You Sit
  • Chapter 14: An Explanation of the Obscure Words in the Preceding Maqāmah and Their Meanings
  • Chapter 15: Right There! ☞
  • Chapter 16: Right Here!
  • Chapter 17: Elegy for a Donkey
  • Chapter 18: Various Forms of Sickness
  • Chapter 19: The Circle of the Universe and the Center of This Book
  • Chapter 20: Miracles and Supernatural Acts
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
  • About the Typefaces
  • About the Editor-Translator