Bear Bones Books is pleased to announce the pending release of the redesigned edition of The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, collected & retold by Ron J. Suresha.
Once, when young Nasruddin was acting up in class by distracting his friends with endless antics, jests, and stories, his irate teacher uttered a curse: “Whatever you do or say, people will only laugh at you.” Now, eight centuries later, children, adults, and wise fools everywhere are still laughing at Mullah Nasruddin (Nasreddin Hoca), one of the world’s most beloved folk characters. This entertaining and insightful retelling of more than a year’s worth of daily Mullah stories brings the famed Persian legend into the Twenty-First Century. Storytellers, folklorists, Sufis, comedians, wisdom seekers, and everyone who loves to laugh will be enriched and enlightened by the timeless wit, inscrutable wisdom, and uncommon sense of humor of Mullah Nasruddin.
~ An Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award Winner
~ A Storytelling World Honor Book
“A fine pick and very highly recommended.” — Midwest Book Review
Bear Bones Books announces the publication of a new collection of the most popular Nasreddin Hoca folk tales and jokes, in multiple formats on several platforms available everywhere.
Mullah Nasruddin, the eight-centuries-old “wise fool” character originating from Turkey and the Levant, is the subject of thousands of funny, wise tales, jokes, and anecdotes told across the Middle and Far East and retold today around the world.
Extensively researched and carefully chosen from beloved authentic sources by an award-winning author, these pithy stories and folk tales are certain to bring readers a smile, nod, or chuckle of self-recognition on every page.
More than one hundred of Mullah Nasruddin’s most endearing, enduring stories, gathered here by an award-winning author, will amuse, illuminate, and captivate readers of all ages with Hoca’s ageless, unique humor and universal humanity.
“Uncommon Sense” & “Extraordinary Adventures” — acclaimed Mullah Nasruddin story collections now in Hardcover from Bear Bones Books
Just in time for April Fools Day!
Both of Ron J. Suresha’s acclaimed Mullah Nasruddin story collections are now available in hardcover!
Mullah Nasruddin (Nasreddin Hoca), the eight-centuries-old “wise fool” character originating from the Levant, is the subject of thousands of funny, wise tales, jokes, and anecdotes told across the Middle and Far East, and retold today around the world.
These pithy stories and folk tales, extensively researched and carefully chosen from beloved authentic sources by an award-winning author, are certain to bring readers a smile, nod, or chuckle of self-recognition on every page.
Hundreds of Nasreddin Hoca’s most endearing, enduring stories, gathered here by an award-winning author in two volumes, will amuse, illuminate, and captivate readers with Nasruddin’s ageless, unique humor and universal humanity.
Una vez, cuando el joven Nasrudin actuaba en la escuela, distrayendo a sus compañeros de sus estudios apropiados con interminables travesuras, bromas e historias, su iracundo maestro lanzó una maldición: “Lo que digas o hagas, la gente solo se reirá de ti”.
Ahora, ocho siglos después, los niños, los adultos y los tontos sabios de todo el mundo todavía se ríen de Nasruddin (Nasreddin Hoca), uno de los personajes populares más queridos del mundo. Este recuento entretenido y perspicaz de más de 365 historias mulás lleva a la famosa leyenda persa al siglo XXI.
Contadores de historias y folkloristas, sufíes y yoguis, comediantes y buscadores de sabiduría, y todos los que aman reír se verán enriquecidos e iluminados por el ingenio intemporal, la sabiduría inescrutable y el inusual sentido del humor del mulá Nasruddin.
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Aventuras extraordinarias del mulá Nasrudín
Aventuras extraordinarias del mulá Nasrudín
Cuentos pícaros y sin expurgar del amado sabio loco del Oriente Medio y Lejano
Esta secuela aclamada de la colección de folclor galardonada en 2010 de Suresha, explora aún más — y revela — las sorprendentes aventuras y hazañas secretas del amado sinvergüenza, de 800 años, el turco «sabio loco» mulá Nasrudín (Nasreddin Hoca).
El autor ha viajado extensamente y realizado un amplio trabajo de investigación para desenterrar, traducir, coleccionar, y volver a contar estos 257 cuentos y chistes populares, auténticos, divertidos y escandalosos — incluyendo algunos «cuentos pícaros de Nasrudín» de cientos de años de antigüedad, procedentes de Turquía, el Levante, Eurasia, y de todo el mundo — muchos de ellos apareciendo en esa colección por primera vez en idioma inglés.
Además de las docenas de cuentos populares y legendarios, algunos otros son chistes y anécdotas «tradicionales» relativamente graciosos, directos, en donde se describe al mulá en sus interacciones diarias con la familia, vecinos, burra, comunidad y forasteros durante sus innumerables viajes.
Muchos cuentos son vulgares y obscenos, exploran temas tabú que no son apropiados para los niños, razón por la cual antes habían sido eliminados por razones morales.
Se aconseja a los lectores examinar la Advertencia del libro que identifica esos temas.
Los lectores adultos, humoristas, cuenta cuentos, folcloristas, y todos aquellos que gustan de reír con cuentos pícaros, se sorprenderán, se divertirán, se asombrarán — y probablemente hasta se ofenderán — con este volumen completamente revisado que cuenta al detalle la historia inalterada de las Aventuras extraordinarias del mulá Nasrudín.
~ This acclaimed folklore collection details the escapades and exploits of the beloved 800-year-old Turkish “wise fool” Mullah Nasruddin (Nasreddin Hoca).
~Award-winning author Suresha has extensively researched to locate, collect, translate, and retell these 257 authentic, hilarious, outrageous folk tales and jokes, centuries-old “naughty Nasruddin” stories from the Levant and beyond, dozens gathered here in this volume in English for the first time.
~Some are relatively simple, straightforward “traditional” anecdotes and jokes depicting the Mullah as he daily interacts with his family, neighbors, donkey, community, and strangers during his myriad journeys.
~ Other stories may serve to disrupt our everyday expectations of normal behavior
~Many bawdy, ribald tales, previously suppressed for moralistic reasons, explore taboo themes inappropriate for children.
~Mature readers will be amazed, amused, and likely a bit affronted, by this thoroughly revised edition of the unadulterated account of the truly Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin.
Now back in print from Bear Bones Books!
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Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin :
Naughty, unexpurgated tales of the beloved wise fool from the Middle & Far East
Revised Edition ~ collected & retold by Ron J. Suresha
Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin named Finalist in 27th annual Lambda Literary Awards
June 1, 2015 — The prestigious Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”) has honored Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin, authored by Ron J. Suresha and published 2014 by Lethe Press, as a Finalist for Excellence in Bisexual Fiction.
The author wishes to thank his husband, Rocco, for his unending support.
Lambda Literary Awards give nod to Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin
March 4, 2015 — The prestigious Lambda Literary Awards has honored Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin, authored by Ron J. Suresha and published last year by Lethe Press, a Finalist for Best Bisexual Fiction.
In a Facebook post, author Ron J. Suresha wrote:
Praise Mullah! I’m quite thrilled to announce that my book of bawdy Turkish folklore, Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin was named a Finalist in the Bisexual Fiction category of this year’s Lambda Literary Foundation Awards. (The book was submitted in Bi Nonfiction but was switched over …)
I’d especially like to thank Steve Berman for his support of this long-running project for a book I doubt anyone else would have taken a chance on publishing.
As well, the Bear Bones Books novel Salvation, by Jeff Mann and the BBB anthology The Bears of Winter, edited by Jerry L. Wheeler, were named Finalists in the Gay Romance and Gay Erotica categories. I’m so very proud to have had a hand in the publication of these two excellent books.
Mazel tov also to my friends, colleagues, and associates who were also honored. See you in May!
Additionally, the author wishes to thank his husband, Rocco, for his unending support of this peculiar work.
When asked for a comment, Mullah Nasruddin said, “I owe this honor to my beloved little gray donkey, Karakacan, without which I would have just been considered another old wise fool.”
The book is the sequel to The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin, by the same author and publisher, which was given two national storytelling awards.
The awards will be announced June 1st in a gala ceremony in New York City.
Once Nasruddin observed a grove of trees and thought, Since those trees bear fruit, why shouldn’t I?
So the Mullah went to the field and buried himself up to his belly in theground. When night fell, the Mullah became cold and so he dug himself out and returned home.
The next day, when Fatima asked him how it went, he said, “It was okay at first. I was just about to put out roots when the cold killed them.”
Excerpted from
Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin
by Ron J. Suresha
now in print from Lethe Press
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Bear Bones Books is pleased to announce the pending release of the redesigned edition of The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, collected & retold by Ron J. Suresha.
“The author’s roundup is exhaustive, perhaps one of the most honest of all English collections that have been published as popular Mullah Nasruddin literature.”
Nasreddin Hoca ordered a new shirt from Hussein the tailor, and when it was ready, he went to the tailor’s shop to pick it up.
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After Nasreddin paid for the shirt, he decided to shop for some new pants. He chose a nice pair of baggy pants and tried them on, and the two bargained and agreed on a price.
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