Tiny Tales: Traditional Stories in 100 Words: Tiny Tales of Nasruddin

Welcome to Tiny Tales of Nasruddin. This is a collection of two hundred stories about Nasruddin, and each story is just 100 words long.

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Creative Commons. This work is released with a Creative Commons license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. That means you can remix and reuse individual stories or the contents of the whole book with attribution for non-commercial purposes, provided that you release your work with the same license. Find out more.
Attribution: Tiny Tales of Nasruddin by Laura Gibbs.
Version: June 22 2020.

You can access the book in a variety of formats, along with individual stories here at the blog (see story title list and links below).

Pressbooks. This is a web-based presentation of the book with all the stories on one page. Even better: you can highlight the stories using Hypothesis; just click on the upper right-hand corner for the Hypothesis toolbar.

Audiobook. There is a free audiobook you can listen to via SoundCloud. I've also made the mp3 files available for download if you prefer not to use SoundCloud and/or if you want to repurpose the audio (which is also released with the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license).

EPUB. You can use this EPUB file for ebook readers like Nook, etc.

MOBI. You can download this MOBI file to load onto your Kindle, and this Kindle MOBI file is free! Here's how to add a free MOBI file to your Kindle.

Kindle Store. The Kindle book is available at Amazon for 99 cents (which is the lowest price you can set for a Kindle book; see the free MOBI option above).

Print. There is a print version available at Amazon for $5.99, and that's with free Prime shipping!

Randomizer. You can see a story from the book at random, and you can also get the javascript code to add the randomizer to your own blog or website if you want.

Text file. This is a plain text file, no special characters. This option might be useful if you want to repurpose the entire book with your own formatting; see Creative Commons licensing CC BY-NC-SA above.

HTML. If you want to read a web-based presentation without the Hypothesis toolbar, this is a very simple HTML version.

PDF. You can download a PDF copy of the book.

Diigo. If you are interested in searching the contents of the book, searching the Diigo bookmark collection might be useful! You can use Boolean searches of the #nasr:book items. For example: camel.

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TINY TALES OF NASRUDDIN
A Book of Two Hundred 100-Word Stories

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Stories of Nasruddin date back to 13th-century Turkey. Legend tells us Nasruddin was born in Sivrihisar in central Anatolia, and a tomb in Akshehir bears his name. Nasruddin's stories spread throughout the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia, and UNESCO declared 1996-1997 "The International Year of Nasruddin." As you read these stories, you will see that Nasruddin is sometimes wise, sometimes foolish, and sometimes both at once. The 200 stories in this book are just a small fraction of the Nasruddin story tradition. To find out more about Nasruddin and to read more Nasruddin stories, visit:
Nasruddin.LauraGibbs.net

The paragraph you just read about Nasruddin is 100 words long, as is this paragraph, and that's also the length of each story in this book. The stories go fast, but you can slow down when you find one you like. Read it again. Let it sink in. Maybe even write your own version of the story, using your imagination to add more details. Meanwhile, if you don't like a story, don't get bogged down; just move on to the next one. There are more 100-word stories about Nasruddin, along with stories from other cultural traditions, at:
100Words.LauraGibbs.net

For story-specific bibliography and notes, visit:
Nasruddin.LauraGibbs.net

Birant, Mehmet Ali. Nasreddin Hodja: The Turk Who Makes the World Laugh.
Borrow, George. The Turkish Jester.
Downing, Charles. Tales of the Hodja.
Farzad, Houman (Diane Wilcox, translator). Classic Tales of Mulla Nasreddin.
Kabacali, Alpay. Nasreddin Hodja.
Mahfuzdur, Her Hakki. 202 Jokes of Nasreddin Hodja.
Muallimoglu, Nejat. The Wit and Wisdom of Nasraddin Hodja.
Nakosteen, Mehdi. Mulla's Donkey and Other Friends.
Neruda, Nico. The Little Book of Sufi Parables.
Ohebsion, Rodney. 200+ Mullah Nasruddin Stories and Jokes.
Rahman, Jamal. Sacred Laughter of the Sufis.
Sawhney, Clifford. The Funniest Tales of Mullah Nasruddin.
Shah, Idries. The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin.
Shah, Idries. The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin.
Shah, Idries. The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin.
Shah, Idries. The World of Nasrudin.
Suresha, Ron. The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin.
Yorenc, Kemal. The Best Anecdotes of Nasreddin Hoca.

Corrigenda:

132 "Well," said Nasruddin, "I already know [period should be comma]
141 "O God," he cried, "please [missing first comma]
200 "And when will you say the rest?" asked the Angel. [capitalized]

Tiny Tales of Nasruddin

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