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Paperback The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volumes One and Two Book

ISBN: 1479834947

ISBN13: 9781479834945

The Epistle of Forgiveness: Volumes One and Two

(Part of the Library of Arabic Literature Series)

Known as "one of the most complex and unusual texts in Arabic literature" (Banipal Magazine), The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolific Syrian poet and prose writer, Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (d. 449/1057), to a letter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qari. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks Ibn al-Qari's hypocrisy and sycophancy by imagining he has died and arrived with some difficulty in Heaven,...

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