How Long to Read The Portrait of Abū I-Qāsim Al-Baghdādī Al-Tamīmī

How Long Does it Take to Read The Portrait of Abū I-Qāsim Al-Baghdādī Al-Tamīmī?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 17 minutes to read The Portrait of Abū I-Qāsim Al-Baghdādī Al-Tamīmī by Abū l-Muṭahhar Abū l-Muṭahhar Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azdī

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Description

New translation and commentary on the 11th century tale of a Baghdadi party-crasher in Isfahan. It is introduced by its author as a microcosm of Baghdad. This work, written in prose but containing numerous poems, is widely hailed among scholars as a narrative unique in the history of Arabic literature, but The Portrait also reflects a much larger tradition of banquet texts, from Trimalchio's Dinner Party and Plato's Symposium to the works of Rabelais. It also paints a portrait of a party-crasher who is at once a holy man and a rogue, a figure familiar among scholars of the ancient Cynic tradition or other portrayals of wise fools, tricksters, and saints from literatures around the Mediterranean and beyond. While some early scholars of The Portrait dismissed it as disgusting and obscene, this work, with its wealth of material-cultural, philosophical, spiritual, and literary treasures, is much more than just a 'dirty book'. Following an introduction, which offers new insights into the relationship of the work to both its Greek predecessors and to its European descendants, the volume presents a new, improved edition of the Arabic text, together with a richly annotated translation, that aims at being both scholarly and readable, to some extent reflecting the often racy style of the Arabic. This should make it not only useful to specialists and students of medieval Arabic literature, but also accessible to a much wider general readership of those interested in comparative literature or 'world literature'. There are extensive indexes of names, places, subjects, and rhymes.

How long is The Portrait of Abū I-Qāsim Al-Baghdādī Al-Tamīmī?

The Portrait of Abū I-Qāsim Al-Baghdādī Al-Tamīmī by Abū l-Muṭahhar Abū l-Muṭahhar Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Azdī is 486 pages long, and a total of 124,416 words.

This makes it 164% the length of the average book. It also has 152% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Portrait of Abū I-Qāsim Al-Baghdādī Al-Tamīmī Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 19 minutes to read The Portrait of Abū I-Qāsim Al-Baghdādī Al-Tamīmī aloud.

What Reading Level is The Portrait of Abū I-Qāsim Al-Baghdādī Al-Tamīmī?

The Portrait of Abū I-Qāsim Al-Baghdādī Al-Tamīmī is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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