Raven and the Falcon

Hasan Shuraydi, Ph.D. (1970) in Arabic-Islamic studies, Yale University. He had a career in translation/revision at the United Nations in NY and Geneva. He developed a less constrained style that suits such an apropos subject and targets a wide readership.

• Preface IntroductionChapter 1: Toward a Definition of the Ages of ManChapter 2: The Age of BeautyChapter 3: Youthful Pleasures and RepentanceChapter 4: Lament for Lost YouthChapter 5: Intellectual PursuitsChapter 6: Code of Conduct Chapter 7: Marriage and SexualityChapter 8: Religio-Political Leadership and the Promise of ParadiseChapter 9: Rejuvenation and Paradisiacal YouthConcluding Remarks Appendix A: Rhetorical Devices Appendix B: Monographs Apparently LostBibliographyGeneral Index

"[This book] is done with great love, sympathy, and understanding, and the language, English though it is, is commensurate. It gives a wonderfully realistic view of the people and society which produced these sentiments in prose and poetry. We complained that such a book on youth and old age in Arabic did not exist--now it does. Rosenthal would have been proud of it, no doubt, and perhaps also a bit jealous." Dimitri Gutas, Yale University“.. the volume lives up to Rosenthal's masterpieces... This beautifully written volume will be easier reading for those familiar with Arabic writers and literature, but it is worth the effort for those who are not. Summing up: Recommended.”S. Ward in Choice53.3 (November 2015)doi: 10.5860/CHOICE.190998“…ein schönes Buch, das wohl auch Rosenthal gefallen hätte.”Ewald Wagner in Der Islam 94.1 (2017), 304-308.DOI 10.1515/islam-2017-2018