Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin: Naughty, unexpurgated tales of the belovved wise fool from the Middle & Far East
collected & retold by Ron J. Suresha
~ Lambda Literary Award Finalist
~ Rainbow Book Award
This acclaimed sequel to Suresha’s award-winning 2010 folklore collection further explores — and lovingly exposes — the amazing escapades and exploits of the beloved, rascally 800-year-old Turkish “wise fool” Mullah Nasruddin (Nasreddin Hoca).
The author has done extensive research and travel to unearth, translate, collect, and retell these 257 authentic, hilarious, outrageous folk tales and jokes — including centuries-old “naughty Nasruddin” stories from Turkey, the Levant, Eurasia, and around the globe — dozens appearing here for the first time in an English trade volume.
In addition to dozens of popular and proverbial folk tales, there are some stories that are relatively droll, straightforward “traditional” anecdotes and jokes depicting the Mullah as he daily interacts with his family, neighbors, donkey, community, and strangers during his myriad journeys.
Many bawdy, ribald tales, previously suppressed for moralistic reasons, explore taboo themes that are entirely inappropriate for children. Readers are advised to examine the Forewarning in the book that identifies these topics.
Mature readers, humorists, storytellers, folklorists, and all who love to laugh at naughty jokes will be amazed, amused, astounded — and probably even offended — by the thoroughly revised volume detailing the unadulterated account of the truly
Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin.
Genre: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle EasternThis award-winning book was in print since 2014 with a different publisher and is now in its new 3rd revised edition published by Bear Bones Books.
Current complete information on the book is unavailable from the previous publisher. However, based on available reports, the book has sold at least 300 softcover copies throughout the world. For example, it sold 48 copies in softcover Jan-Dec 2016 in the previous edition before being republished in 2018.
The Kindle edition is estimated to have sold 100+ copies.
An Audible audiobook was produced in 2021 and has sold 3 dozen copies.
As January 2023, the Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #828,196 in Kindle Store ~ #74 in Middle Eastern Literature (Kindle Store) ~ #226 in Middle Eastern Literature (Books) ~ #709 in Folklore & Mythology
Blanket worth
Once when young Nasruddin slept with his mother in the same bed, she let out a loud, smelly fart. Wanting to know if the boy had noticed, she asked, “Tell me, son, how much did your father pay for this blanket?”
He replied, “He bought this blanket for fourteen dinars. But if your nasty fart will stick to it, I assure you that it is worth no more than four!”
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I am my father
Once as young Nasruddin entered the house late at night, he found his father’s servant sleeping naked.
He knelt behind her and parted her legs. As he was getting ready to enter her, she woke up and called out, “Who is that?”
He replied, “Be quiet! Don’t worry. I am my father!”
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One house is plenty
One day, Fatima went to listen to the sermon at the mosque. When she returned home, Mullah inquired, “Tell me: what did the imam say today?”
She replied, “He declared that, ‘Whoever shall perform his marital duty to his wife, he manifests God, the Almighty, in His grace, and makes his home a Paradise on Earth!”
That night when they went to bed, the Mullah declared, “Come! Let us build ourselves a house filled with God’s grace,” and they fucked.
A few short minutes later, Nasruddin rolled off his wife. She implored him to continue, “Mullah, you’ve just built a house for you. Hurry up, build me one, too!”
Nasruddin kept his eyes closed, breathing heavy. He replied, “My love, it is easy enough to build you a lovely new house. But I fear that you will then eventually invite your father and your mother to live with us in, and then finally, you’ll let all of your relatives into your fine new house, which will make the architect indignant. Please, do not grieve. One house between the two of us is plenty!”
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Spanish
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Already translated.
Translated by Jaime Caraveo
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