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The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin (Compass)
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The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin (Compass) Paperback - 1993

by Shah, Idries

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  • Title The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin (Compass)
  • Author Shah, Idries
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date 1993-07-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # S24D-21901
  • ISBN 9780140193572 / 014019357X
  • Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.76 x 5.06 x 0.47 in (19.71 x 12.85 x 1.19 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Nasreddin Hoca (Legendary character)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93016167
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.220

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From the rear cover

This delightful collection of teaching stories in which Mulla Nasrudin is the main actor is both an outstanding anthology of humor and a book of Sufi wisdom. Here are stories by the Sufi masters Rumi, Jami, and Attar, plus others collected by Idries Shah from the Persian, Afghan, Turkish, and Arabic cultures.

About the author

Idries Shah was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote dozens of books on topics ranging from psychology to spiritualilty to travelogues to other anthropological studies. In his writings, Shah presented Sufism as a universal form of wisdom that predated Islam. Shah is known for The Sufis, The Commanding Self, The Subleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin, The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin, Thinkers of the East, and Learning How to Learn.

Errol Le Cain (1941-89) was a British animator and author and illustrator of books for children. Without much formal training, he first joined the animation studio of Richard Williams. He then became a freelance animator and illustrator, working on BBC sets, and eventually became an illustrator of children's books. As an author, he published three books and, in 1984, won the Kate Greenaway Medal, which recognizes "distinguished illustration in a book for children."