The Complete Works of Afanti: 2 Even the foolish shouldn't be foolish enough to tell the truth

Author: Wen Bo
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Publish Date: 2006-05-09
Features: Avantai is a precious and vibrant humor character contributed by the ancient and lively folk world. This perpetually optimistic and eloquent figure is somewhat kind-hearted, clever, cunning, worldly, reckless, unlucky, foolish, always riding a stubborn donkey, and appearing in rural fields, royal courts, high society, courts, celebrations, markets, travels, families, and all sorts of places where disputes, challenges, ridicule, embarrassment, intellectual tests, and various traps await him. This lucky man seems to always turn misfortune into good fortune, escaping various dangers with dignity, leaving behind a pile of jokes. Avantai's stories have been passed down for eight hundred years. If this research is credible, then Avantai's original name should be Nasreddin Hodja, born in 1208, primarily active in southwestern Turkey. Of course, this claim is strongly opposed by Uzbeks, Arabs, Chinese, Africans, and others. The Complete Works of Avantai is compiled and extracted from different versions of Avantai stories from around the world, uncovering and supplementing a large number of omitted anecdotes and Avantai-like stories (including "The Stories of Nasreddin" and "The Stories of Juha," etc.), with hundreds of new comic illustrations carefully arranged. This twelve-volume The Complete Works of Avantai is believed to bring readers a fresh experience and make them laugh even louder.