Up The Streets of British Columbia by R.A.J. Phillips & Alan Gowans

Up The Streets of British Columbia by R.A.J. Phillips & Alan Gowans

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Up The Streets of British Columbia by R.A.J. Phillips & Alan GowansUp The Streets of British Columbia by R. A. J. Phillips & Alan Gowans Illustrations by David Lewis 8vo. pp. 32. text illustrations. glossary. paperback (near fine). Ottawa: Heritage Canada, [1978]. rare. *Please note this can be sent via lettermail. Please contact us for a rate.

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Mulla Nasrudin is the Br'er Rabbit, or Coyote, of the Middle East. The stories are teaching stories, and they can be very amusing, thoughtful, and thought stimulating, all at once. Idries Shah's books tend to be very well written, anyway, however the subject is simply delightful. I can't add much more than what others have said, except to say that the stories really make one think. Juha is the Arabic version, and Hoja is the Turkish version. The stories sometimes show up in Western culture, without attribution.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2012

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Puppy

Massapequa, US

★★★★★ 5

Fun with the Mulla

Format: Paperback

There is a lesson in every story or there is entertainment in every story, your choice

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Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2014

A. Woodley

Belleville, US

★★★★★ 4

The modern equivalent would be Yogi Berra -

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The exploits of Mulla Nasrudin are supposed to demonstrate issues of sufism in practice, and it may well do, i don't know much about sufism, but this is quite a nice little book nevertheless. These are very short tales - not much longer than Aesop's fables and they demonstrate human falibility and strength on a number of different levels inspiring great thought. Loved the early editions with the illustrations by Richard Williams, but this was a nice edition For instance the tale of Nasrudin becoming scared when seeing riders on the rode, imagining he would be captured by them and sold into slavery he flees over a nearby wall. the good Travellers who cannot understand the action pursue him to make sure he is all right and find him cowering in a grave. Nasrudin observes he fled there because of them and they came to the grave because of him. On the surface a strange tale and yet the deeper meaning of motivations unravels a whole new set of concepts to consider. This reminds me of some of the sayings of yogi berra, they are shorter but in fact same appealing levels of meaning to them that question our understanding of events.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2006

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Carnegie, US

★★★★★ 5

Five Stars

Format: Paperback

Humor with wisdom

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Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2017

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