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9780143104933

Shahnameh (Classics Deluxe Edition) The Persian Book of Kings (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780143104933

  • ISBN10:

    0143104934

  • Edition: DELUXE
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-02-27
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics
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List Price: $28.00

Summary

The great national epic of Persia—the most complete English-language editionWherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnamehbecome deeply embedded in the culture, as their appearance in such novels as The Kite Runneramply attests. Among the greatest works of world literature, this prodigious narrative, composed by the poet Ferdowsi in the late tenth century, tells the story of pre-Islamic Iran, beginning in the mythic time of creation and continuing forward to the Arab invasion in the seventh century. The sweep and psychological depth of the Shahnamehis nothing less than magnificent. Now one of the greatest translators of Persian poetry, Dick Davis, presents Ferdowsi’s masterpiece in an elegant combination of prose and verse.

Author Biography

Abolqasem Ferdowsi (940-û1020) is the preeminent poet in the Persian language and one of the greatest poets of his time in any language.
Dick Davis is the premier translator of Persian poetry at work today.
Azar Nafisi is the author of the bestselling Reading Lolita in Tehran.

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