The Delight of hearts, or, What you will not find in any book / Ahmad al-Tifashi ; English version edited by Winston Leyland ; English translation by Edward A. Lacey from the unabridged French translation of René B. Khawam, based on the original Arabic manuscripts.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French, Arabic Publication details: San Francisco : Gay Sunshine Press, 1988.Description: 234 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0940567083
- 9780940567085
- 0940567091
- 9780940567092
- What you will not find in any book
- Delight of hearts
- Nuzhat al-albāb fīmā lā uūjadu fī kitāb. Selections. English
- 892.7808
- PJ7755.T5 N813 1988
- Lambda Literary Award, 1988
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Translation of: Nuzhat al-albāb fīmā lā uūjadu fī kitāb.
"First English translation"--T.p. verso.
The most interesting facts about homosexuals and the most entertaining poems written by them -- Homosexuals and their activities ; How to recognize a professional in this field -- Interesting stories concerning young hustlers ; The wittiest and most refined poems composed by and about them -- The rules of "sleepwalking" ; Strange anecdotes and witty verses on this subject ; Miscellaneous gay or gay-related references, anecdotes and poems from other chapters -- Queens and their ways ; Everything that is told and written about them : strange facts, anecdotes, jokes and poetry.
"A translation of chapters 5, 6, 8, 9, and 12 of Les Délices des Coeurs by Ahmad al-Tîfâchi, in the French translation of M. René R, Khawam; a few miscellaneous gay anecdotes from other chapters; and a translation of the Author's Preface and the French translator's introduction"--T.p. verso.
Lambda Literary Award, 1988
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