Al-Jahiz
Subtitle: In Praise of Books
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780748683321
Subjects: Jahiz
Description: Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during the first century of the 'Abbasid caliphate. 'In Praise of Books' explores the centrality of books to Al-Jahiz's work and to the society he lived in.