Description
Nasreddin Hodja is the man who has made the world laugh for seven centuries. Thousands of children have grown up listening to the Hodja's stories. His stories have made life more amusing for adults. The fame of his stories has gone beyond Anatolia and spread throughout the world. For this reason Nasreddin Hodja's stories have universal value. Nasreddin Hodja is an immortal hero like Homer and William Shakespeare. As we carefully analyse the Hodja's stories, we can see that the stories reveal the secrets of the human soul and various social structures of mankind. The clever remarks in these stories are both funny and thought provoking. To reach eternality, one must achieve eternal, universal values and be able to express them with great skill.
If Nasreddin Hodja had not achieved these values, he would not have been able to reach our times. Many made-up stories have been attributed to Hodja because of his reputation. In this book, we tried to eliminate the made-up ones and present the Hodja's own stories to you. If you wish to confront all the pain in the world and the conflicts in society with laughter, the Hodja will help you. The world is always the same whether we laugh or cry. So, why don't we see the funny sides of life as Nasreddin Hodja did?
ISBN: 09757287490
