BilingualArabic-Englisheditions
AHundredandOneNights
Edited&TranslatedbyBruceFudge
ForewordbyRobertIrwin
KnowntousonlythroughNorthAfrican manuscripts,andtranslatedintoEnglishfor thefirst�me, AHundredandOneNights isa marvelousexampleoftherichtradi�onof popularArabicstorytelling.Thiscareful edi�onandvibranttransla�onpromisesto transportreaders,newandveteranalike,into itsfantas�calrealmsofmagicandwonder.
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ATreasuryofVirtues
APhysicianontheNile
ADescriptionofEgyptandJournalofthe FamineYears ʿAbdal-Laṭīfal-Baghdādī
Edited&Translatedby TimMackintosh-Smith
APhysicianontheNile beginsasadescrip�on ofeverydaylifeinEgyptattheturnofthe seventh/thirteenthcentury,beforebecoming aharrowingaccountoffamineandpes�lence. Wri�enbythepolymathandphysicianʿAbd al-Laṭīfal-Baghdādī,itcontainsgreatdiversityinasmallcompass.
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ArabianRomantic
PoemsonBedouinLifeandLove ʿAbdallāhibnSbayyil
Edited&Translatedby
MarcelKurpershoek
IbnSbayyil(ca.1853–1933)wasakeyfigurein theNaba�poe�ctradi�on.Hispoetrybroke withthear�ficeoftheprecedinggenera�on bycombininginheritedidiomandoriginal touchesreflec�nghisenvironment.Translated intoEnglishforthefirst�methiscollec�on willdelightreaderswithdirect,fluent,andexpressivepoetry.
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ArabianSatire Poetryfrom18th-CenturyNajd Ḥmēdānal-Shwēʿir Edited&Translatedby MarcelKurpershoek RevealsthepoetḤmēdānal-Shwēʿirasa plucky,headstrong,yetintenselysocially commi�edfigure—representa�veofthe tradi�onalNajdīethos—whoinfuseshisverse withproverbs,maxims,andwordsofwisdom expressedplainlyandconversa�onally.Thisis thefirstfulltransla�onofthisremarkablepoet
BrainsConfoundedbytheOde ofAbūShādūfExpounded Yūsufal-Shirbīnī TranslatedbyHumphreyDavies ForewordbyYoussefRakha Uniqueinpre-20th-centuryArabicliterature fortakingthecountrysideasitscentral theme, BrainsConfounded isaworkof outstandingimportanceforthestudyofpremoderncolloquialEgyp�anArabic.Volume Onedescribesthethreerural“types”.VolumeTwoisfollowedby RisibleRhymes,mockingthepretensionsofuneducatedpoetsfrom Egypt’scountryside.
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Sayings,Sermons,andTeachingsof'Ali, withtheOneHundredProverbsattributed toal-Jahiz al-Qāḍīal-Quḍāʿī Edited&Translatedby TaheraQutbuddin
Acollec�onofsayings,sermons,and teachingsa�ributedto'AliibnAbiTalib(d. 40/661),thecousinandson-in-lawofthe ProphetMuhammad,thefirstShiaImamandthefourthSunniCaliph. NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS Series:LibraryofArabicLiterature February2013306pp PB:9781479826551£20.99 HB:9780814729144£36.00 eBook:9780814771853£20.99
ConsortsoftheCaliphs
WomenandtheCourtofBaghdad
Ibnal-Sāʿī
TranslatedbyShawkatM.Toorawa&
TheEditorsoftheLibraryofArabic Literature
IntroductionbyJuliaBray
ForewordbyMarinaWarner
ConsortsoftheCaliphs isaseventh/ thirteenth-centurycompila�onofanecdotes aboutthirty-eightwomenwhowereconsortstothoseinpower,most ofthemconcubinesoftheearlyAbbasidcaliphsandwivesofla�erdaycaliphsandsultans.
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InDarfur
AnAccountoftheSultanateandItsPeople Muḥammadal-Tūnisī
Edited&Translatedby HumphreyDavies
IntroductionbyR.S.O’Fahey
Anineteenth-centurymerchant’saccountof histravelsthroughanindependentAfrican state. InDarfur combinesliterature,history, ethnography,linguis�cs,andtraveladventure, andmostunusuallyforits�me,includesfi�y-twoillustra�onsdrawn bytheauthor.ArareexampleofanArabdescrip�onofAfricaonthe eveofWesterncoloniza�on,vividlyevokingaworldinwhichtravel wasuntrammeledbybureaucracy,borderswerefluid,andstartling coincidencesappearalmostmundane.
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DisagreementsoftheJurists
AManualofIslamicLegalTheory
al-Qāḍīal-Nuʿmān
TranslatedbyDevinStewart
ForewordbyJohnCoughlin&
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Al-Qadial-Nu'manwasthechieflegaltheorist andideologueoftheNorthAfricanFa�mid dynastyinthetenthcentury.Thistransla�on makesavailableforthefirst�meinEnglishhis majorworkonIslamiclegaltheory(usulal-fiqh),whichpresentsa legalmodelinsupportoftheFa�midclaimtolegi�materule.
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KalīlahandDimnah
FablesofVirtueandVice Ibnal-Muqaffaʿ
EditedbyMichaelFishbein
TranslatedbyMichaelFishbein& JamesE.Montgomery
LikeAesop’s Fables,KalīlahandDimnah isa collec�ondesignednotonlyformoral instruc�on,butalsofortheentertainmentof readers.Thestories,whichoriginatedinthe SanskritPanchatantraandMahabharata,wereadapted,augmented, andtranslatedintoArabicbythescholarandstateofficialIbnalMuqaffaʿinthesecond/eighthcentury. KalīlahandDimnah isa “mirrorforprinces,”abookmeanttoinculcatevirtuesand discernmentinrulersandwarnagainstfla�eryanddecep�on
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LightintheHeavens
Edited&Translatedby
TaheraQutbuddin
AssemblingMuhammad’swordshasbeena
universalappeal.
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LegoverLeg 4-volumeset AḥmadFārisal-Shidyāq Edited&Translatedby HumphreyDavies Recountsthelife,frombirthtomiddleage,of ‘theFariyaq,’alteregoofAhmadFarisalShidyaq,apivotalfigureintheintellectualand literaryhistoryofthemodernArabworld.The alwaysedifyingando�enhilariousadventures
oftheFariyaqprovidetheauthorwithgrist forwide-rangingdiscussionsoftheintellectualandsocialissuesofhis �me.
ḍīal-Quḍāʿī
SayingsoftheProphetMuhammad al-Qā
majorpreoccupa�onforscholarsthroughout thefourteencenturiessincehisdeath, resul�nginanabundanceofcompila�ons. Onewhichstandsoutinpar�cularis Lightin theHeavens (Kitabal-Shihab)byal-QadialQuda'i(d.454/1062),aShafi'ijudgeintheFa�midcourtinEgypt.The collec�on’soverallconceptualiza�onisdis�nc�velyethicaland pragma�c,andoffershumanitarianlessonsandprac�calinsightswith
Love,Death,Fame
PoetryandLorefromtheEmiratiOral Tradition
al-Māyidīibn Ẓāhir
Edited&Translatedby
MarcelKurpershoek
Love,Death,Fame featuresthepoetryofalMāyidīibnẒāhir,whohasbeenembracedas theearliestpoetinwhatwouldlaterbecome theUnitedArabEmirates.Althoughli�leis knownabouthislife,heisthesubjectofa sizeablebodyoffolklegendandisthoughttohavelivedinthe seventeenthcentury,intheareanowcalledtheEmirates.Thetales includedin Love,Death,Fame portrayhimasawi�y,resourceful, scruffypoet,at�mescomba�veandat�meskindhearted.
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ScentsandFlavors
ASyrianCookbook
Edited&TranslatedbyCharlesPerry
Collec�ng635me�culousrecipes,this popularthirteenth-centurySyriancookbookis anodetowhatitsanonymousauthorcallsthe “greaterpartofthepleasureofthislife,” namelytheconsump�onoffoodanddrink,as wellasthefragrancesthatgarnishthemeals andthedinerswhoenjoythem. Scentsand Flavors quicklybecameabestsellerinitsown �me,andremainstodayadelectablereadforepicuresandcultural historiansalike.
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RisibleRhymes
MuḥammadibnMaḥfūẓ al-Sanhūrī
Edited&Translatedby HumphreyDavies
Wri�eninmid-seventeenth-centuryEgypt, RisibleRhymes isinpartashort,comic disquisi�onon“rural”verse,mockingthe pretensionsandabsurdi�esofuneducated poetsfromEgypt’scountryside.Itoffers intriguinginsightintothecri�calconcernsof mid-O�omanEgypt,showcasingtheintense preoccupa�onwithwordplay,grammar,andstylis�csthatdominated discussionsofpoetryinal-Sanhūrī'sdayandsheddinglightonthe literatureofthisunderstudiedera.
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StoriesofPietyandPrayer
DeliveranceFollowsAdversity al-Muḥassinibn ʿAlīal-Tanūkhī
Edited&TranslatedbyJuliaBray
Oneofthemostpopularandinfluen�al ArabicbooksoftheMiddleAges, Deliverance FollowsAdversity isananthologyofstories andanecdotesdesignedtoconsoleand encouragetheafflicted.Thevolume incorporatesmaterialfrommanuscriptsnot usedinthestandardArabicedi�on,andisthe firsttransla�onintoEnglish.
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TheBookofCharlatans Jamālal-Dīn ʿAbdal-Raḥīmal-Jawbarī EditedbyManuelaDengler TranslatedbyHumphreyDavies ForewordbyS.A.Chakraborty
isacomprehensive guidetotrickeryandscamsasprac�cedinthe thirteenthcenturyintheci�esoftheMiddle East,especiallyinSyriaandEgypt.Theauthor, al-Jawbarī,waswellversedintheprac�ceshe describesandmaywellhavebeenareformedcharlatanhimself.
from“ThoseWhoClaimtobeProphets”to“ThoseWhoClaimto HaveLeprosy”and“ThoseWhoDyeHorses.”
TheBookofCharlatans
Dividedintothirtychapters,hisbookrevealsthesecretsofeveryone
TheBookofTravels Two-VolumeSet ḤannāDiyāb EditedbyJohannesStephan TranslatedbyEliasMuhanna ForewordbyYasmineSeale AfterwordbyPauloLemosHorta TranslatedintoEnglishforthefirst�me, The BookofTravels introducesreaderstoḤanna Diyāb,theyoungSyrianresponsibleforsome ofthemostbelovedstoriesfrom TheThousandandOneNights.
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ReflectionsonHistory,Sufism,Theology, andLiterature—VolumeOne al-Ḥasanal-Yūsī
Edited&TranslatedbyJustinStearns
Al-Hasanal-Yusiwasarguablythemost influen�alandwell-knownMoroccan intellectualfigureofhisgenera�on.In 1084/1685,attheageofroughlyfi�y-four, anda�eralonganddis�nguishedcareer,this AmazighscholarfromtheMiddleAtlasbegan wri�ngacollec�onofshortessaysonawidevarietyofsubjects. TranslatedintoEnglishforthefirst�me, TheDiscourses offersreaders accesstotheintellectuallandscapeoftheearlymodernMuslimworld throughanauthorwhospeaksopenlyandfranklyabouthispersonal lifeandhisrela�onshipswithhiscountry’srulers,scholars,and commoners.
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TheEpistleonLegalTheory
ATranslationofAl-Shafi'i'sRisalah MuhammadibnIdrisal-Shafi'i
ForewordbyKeciaAli
TranslatedbyJosephE.Lowry
TheEpistleonLegalTheory istheworkof MuhammadibnIdrisal-Shafi'i(d.204/820), whowastheeponymoftheShafi'ischoolof legalthought,oneofthefourritesinSunni Islam.Thisnewtransla�onbyaleading scholarofal-Shafi'iandhisthoughtmakesavailableinlucid,modern EnglishoneoftheearliestcompleteworksonIslamiclaw—onethatis centrallyimportantfortheforma�onofIslamiclegalthoughtandthe Islamiclegaltradi�on.
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TheExcellenceoftheArabs
IbnQutaybah
TranslatedbySarahBowenSavant
Edited&TranslatedbyPeterWebb
EditedbyJamesE.Montgomery
TheExcellenceoftheArabs isaspirited defenseofArabiden�ty—itsmerits,values, andorigins—ata�meofpoli�calunrestand fragmenta�on,wri�enbyoneofthemost importantscholarsoftheearlyAbbasidera.In thecosmopolitanmilieuofBaghdad,thesocialpres�gea�achedto claimsofbeingArabhadbeguntodecline.Althoughhisownfamily originallyhailedfromMervintheeast,IbnQutaybahlockshornswith thosemembersofhissocietywhobeli�ledArabnessandvauntedthe gloriesofPersianheritageandculture.Instead,heupholdsthestatus ofArabsandtheirheritageinthefaceofcri�cismanduncertainty.
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TheEpistleofForgiveness
Abūl-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī
EditedandTranslatedby GeertJanvanGelder&GregorSchoeler
TheEpistleofForgiveness isthereplybythe prolificSyrianwriterAbul-'Ala'al-Ma'arri(d. 449/1057),toale�erwri�enbyanobscure grammarian,Ibnal-Qarih.Abul-'Ala'alMa'arrimocksIbnal-Qarih'shypocrisyby imagininghehasdiedandarrivedwithsome difficultyinHeaven,wherehemeetsfamous poetsandphilologistsfromthepast.HealsoglimpsesHell,and converseswiththeDevilandvarioushere�cs.
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TheEssenceofReality
ADefenseofPhilosophicalSufism ʿAynal-Quḍāt
Edited&Translatedby MohammedRustom
TheEssenceofReality waswri�enoverthe courseofjustthreedaysin514/1120,bya scholarwhowasjusttwenty-four.Thetext, likeitsauthorʿAynal-Quḍāt,isremarkablefor manyreasons,notleastofwhichthatitisin alllikelihoodtheearliestphilosophical exposi�onofmys�cismintheIslamicintellectualtradi�on.This importantworkwouldgoontoexertsignificantinfluenceonboth classicalIslamicphilosophyandphilosophicalmys�cism.
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TheExpeditions
AnEarlyBiographyofMuḥammad MaʿmaribnRāshid
TranslatedbySeanW.Anthony
ForewordbyM.A.S.AbdelHaleem
TheExpedi�ons representsanimportant tes�monytotheearliestMuslims’memoryof thelivesofMuḥammadandhiscompanions, andisanindispensabletextforgaininginsight intothehistoricalbiographyofboththe ProphetandtheriseoftheIslamicempire.Thisnewtransla�on, whichrenderstheoriginaltextintoreadable,modernEnglishforthe first�me,isaccompaniedbynumerousannota�onselucida�ngthe cultural,religious,andhistoricalcontextsoftheeventsandindividuals describedwithinitspages.
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Tammām
AbūBakral-Ṣūlī
TranslatedbyBeatriceGruendler
ForewordbyTerenceCave
In TheLifeandTimesofAbūTammām,here translatedintoEnglishforthefirst�me,the cour�erandscholarAbūBakrMuḥammadibn Yaḥyāal-Ṣūlī(d.335or336/946or947) mountsarobustdefenseof“modern”poetry andofAbūTammām’ssignificanceasapoetagainsthisdetractors, whilepain�ngalivelypictureofliterarylifeinBaghdadandSamarra.
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ThePrinciplesofSufism
ishahal-Bā
ūniyyah
TranslatedbyTh.EmilHomerin
ForewordbyRosBallaster
'A'ishahal-Ba'uniyyahofDamascuswasone ofthegreatwomenscholarsinIslamichistory. Amys�candaprolificpoetandwriter,she composedmoreworksinArabicthanany otherwomanbeforethetwen�ethcentury. Forthefirst�me,herkeywork, ThePrinciples ofSufism,isavailableinEnglishtransla�on. ThePrinciplesofSufism isamys�calguidebooktohelpothersontheir spiritualpath.OutliningthefourprinciplesofRepentance,Sincerity, Remembrance,andLove,ittracesthefundamentalstagesandstates ofthespiritualnovice’stransforma�vejourney,emphasizingthe importanceofembracingbothhumanlimita�onsandGod’slimitless love.
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ThePhilosopherResponds
AnIntellectualCorrespondencefromthe TenthCentury
Abū Ḥayyānal-Tawḥīdī&Abū ʿAlī
Miskawayh
EditedbyBilalOrfali&MauriceA. Pomerantz
TranslatedbySophiaVasalou& JamesE.Montgomery
Whyislaughtercontagious?Whydo mountainsexist?Spanningavastarrayofsubjectsthatrangefrom thephilosophicaltothetheological,fromthephilologicaltothe scien�fic, ThePhilosopherResponds istherecordofasetofques�ons putbytheli�erateurAbuHayyanal-Tawhiditothephilosopherand historianAbu'AliMiskawayh.
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TheRequirementsoftheSufi Path
ADefenseoftheMysticalTradition
IbnKhaldūn
Edited&TranslatedbyCarolynBaugh
In TheRequirementsoftheSufiPath,the renownedNorthAfricanhistorianandjurist IbnKhaldūnapplieshisanaly�calpowersto Sufism,whichhedeemsabonafideformof Islamicpiety.IbnKhaldūniswidelyknownfor hisgroundbreakingworkasasociologistandhistorian,inpar�cular fortheMuqaddimah,theintroduc�ontohismassiveuniversal history.In TheRequirementsoftheSufiPath,hewritesfromthe perspec�veofaIslamicjuristandlegalscholar.
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TheYogaSutrasofPatañjali AbūRayḥānal-Bīrūnī
Edited&TranslatedbyMarioKozah
TheYogaSutrasofPatañjali isthe founda�onaltextofyogaphilosophytothis dayandiss�llusedbymillionsofyoga prac��onersandstudentsworldwide.Wri�en inaques�on-and-answerformat,itdealswith thetheoryandprac�ceofyogaandthe psychologicalques�onofthelibera�onofthe soulfroma�achments.
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TheLifeandTimesofAbū
TheSwordofAmbition BureaucraticRivalryinMedievalEgypt ʿUthmānibnIbrāhīmal-Nābulusī ForewordbySherman'Abdal-Hakim Jackson Edited&Translatedby LukeYarbrough TheSwordofAmbi�on belongstoagenreof religiouspolemicwri�enfortherulersof EgyptandSyriafromthe12thtothe14th centuries.UnlikemostmedievalMuslimpolemic,theconcernsofthis
genreweremoresocialandpoli�calthantheological.Noweditedin fullandtranslatedforthefirst�me, TheSwordofAmbi�on opensa newwindowontothecultureofeliterivalryinthelate-medieval IslamicMiddleEast.
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AccountsofChinaandIndiaandMissionto theVolga
AbūZaydal-Sīrāfī& AḥmadibnFaḍlān
Edited&Translatedby
TimMackintosh-Smith&
JamesE.Montgomery
TwoArabicTravelBooks combinestwo excep�onalexemplarsofArabictravelwri�ng, pennedinthesameerabutchroniclingwildlydivergentexperiences. Together,thestoriesilluminateavibrantworldofdiversityduringthe heydayoftheAbbasidempire,narratedwithasmuchcuriosityand zealastheywereperceivedbytheirobservantbeholders.
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WarSongs
ForewordbyPeterCole
Fromthesixth-centuryhighlandsofNajdin theArabianpeninsula,ontheeveofthe adventofIslam,comethestridentcriesofa legendarywarriorandpoet.Theblackoutcast sonofanArabfatherandanEthiopianslave mother,'AntarahibnShaddadstruggledtowintherecogni�onofhis fatherandtribe.Hedefiedsocialnormsand,despitehisoutcast status,loyallydefendedhispeople.
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VirtuesoftheImamAhmadibn Ḥanbal
Ibnal-Jawzī
Edited&Translatedby
MichaelCooperson
AḥmadibnḤanbal(d.241/855)was renownedforhisprofoundknowledgeof hadith—thereportsoftheProphet’ssayings anddeeds—andisamajorfigureinthe historyofIslam. VirtuesoftheImamAḥmad ibnḤanbal isatransla�onofthebiographyof IbnḤanbalpennedbytheBaghdadpreacher,scholar,andstoryteller, Ibnal-Jawzī(d.597/1201).ItincludesinsightsintoIbnḤanbal’s childhood,travels,andteachings,aswellasdescrip�onsofhiswayof life.
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Edited&TranslatedbyRogerAllen
Amasterpieceofearly20th-centuryArabic prose,invaluablebothforitsinsightinto colonialEgyptanditspioneeringrolein Arabicliteraryhistory.Widelyhailedforits erudi�onandmordantwit,itwasembraced byEgypt’sburgeoningreadingpublicand becamerequiredreadingforgenera�onsof schoolstudents.
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TwoArabicTravelBooks
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AntarahibnShaddād TranslatedbyJamesE.Montgomery WithRichardSieburth
ʿĪsāibnHishāmToldUs
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What
or,APeriodofTime Mu
ammadal-Muwayli
FatetheHunter EarlyArabicHunting Poems
Edited& Translatedby JamesE. Montgomery
Arabianpeninsula.
Inthepoemsof Fate theHunter,manyof themtranslatedintoEnglishforthefirst �me,trainedcheetahschaseoryx,and goshawksglarefromfalconers’arms, whilearchersstalktheirpreyacrossthe desertplainsandmountainravinesofthe
TheBookof Monasteries al-Shābushtī Edited& Translatedby HilaryKilpatrick TheBookof Monasteries takes readersonatourof themonasteriesoftheMiddleEastby presen�ngtherichvarietyofpoetryand proseassociatedwitheachmonastery.
TheDoctors' DinnerParty IbnBuṭlān Edited& Translatedby PhilipF.Kennedy &JeremyFarrell TheDoctors’Dinner Party isaneleventhcenturysa�reintheformofanovella,set inamedicalmilieu.Ayoungdoctorfrom outoftownisinvitedtodinnerwitha groupofoldermedicalmen,whose conversa�onrevealstheirincompetence.
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