Riding a Donkey Backwards: Wise and Foolish Tales of Mulla Nasruddin

This collection centers on Mulla Nasruddin, an iconic Muslim character known as both the wisest person in his village and its greatest fool. The tales find wisdom in absurd situations and present Nasruddin’s contradictory reputation as a source of their humor. One story poses the question of how a thief could become a donkey. Together, the stories gather wise and foolish episodes around a character whose actions can be sagacious, ridiculous, or both.