{"product_id":"the-doctors-dinner-party-9781479818778","title":"The Doctors' Dinner Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty satire of the medical profession\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Doctors' Dinner Party \u003c\/i\u003eis an eleventh-century satire in the form of a novella, set in a medical milieu. A young doctor from out of town is invited to dinner with a group of older medical men, whose conversation reveals their incompetence. Written by the accomplished physician Ibn Buṭlān, the work satirizes the hypocrisy of quack doctors while displaying Ibn Buṭlān's own deep technical knowledge of medical practice, including surgery, blood-letting, and medicines. He also makes reference to the great thinkers and physicians of the ancient world, including Hippocrates, Galen, and Socrates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining literary parody with social satire, the book is richly textured and carefully organized: in addition to the use of the question-and-answer format associated with technical literature, it is replete with verse and subtexts that hint at the infatuation of the elderly practitioners with their young guest. \u003ci\u003eThe Doctors' Dinner Party\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining read in which the author skewers the pretensions of the physicians around the table. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bilingual Arabic-English edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIbn Buṭlān (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIbn Buṭlān \u003c\/b\u003e(d. 460\/1068) was a Christian physician and scholar from Baghdad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip F. Kennedy (Edited and Translated by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhilip F. Kennedy \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University, and General Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy Farrell (Edited and Translated by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJeremy Farrell \u003c\/b\u003eholds a Ph.D. from Emory University. His publications analyze diverse aspects of pre-modern Islamic society, including sarcastic speech acts, transgressive modes of piety, and the formation of cooperative networks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680222744850,"sku":"9781479818778","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_588db3eb-c365-4fa9-83fe-2119b0abf61e.jpg?v=1734903779","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-doctors-dinner-party-9781479818778","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}