Leg Over Leg

Leg Over Leg (Arabic: الساق على الساق, romanized: al-saaq ealaa al-saaq) is a book by Ahmad Faris Shidyaq, considered one of the founders of modern Arabic literature. Detailing the life of 'the Fariyaq', the alter ego of the author, offering commentary on intellectual and social issues, it is described as "always edifying and often hilarious", "the finest, wildest, funniest and most surprising novel in Arabic", and "[an] unclassifiable book". It was originally published in 1855 in Arabic in Paris. In 2014, there was an English translation by Humphrey T. Davies published by NYU Press.[1]

Leg Over Leg
AuthorAhmad Faris Shidyaq
TranslatorHumphrey T. Davies
GenreNovel
PublishedNew York: 2014 by NYU Press
Pages1920 pages
ISBN9781479897544
Websitehttp://nyupress.org/books/9781479897544

History

The book was first published in Arabic 1855 in France. The author did not publish it in his homeland, Lebanon, probably because of the book's comments on religion.[2]

References
  1. "Leg over Leg". NYU Press. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. Creswell, Robyn (8 Oct 2015). "The First Great Arabic Novel". New York Review of Books. Retrieved 3 November 2015.


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