Mulla's Donkey and Other Freinds

The author, Mehdi Nakosteen is Professor Emeritus in History and Philosophy of Education, University of Colorado. The hero of the pleasantries and jests in this little volume is a legend. The Persians know him at Mulla. In the jokes attached to his name, he is portrayed as both foolish and wise, naïve and shrewd, shady and beyond reproach. But there is more than mere humor in his tales. Mulla manages to cover the bitter medicine of harsh counsel with the sweet frosting of jest to allow the individual to laugh at himself and his world.