Shahnameh The Persian Book of Kings

Name: Shahnameh The Persian Book of Kings
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ISBN: 9780143104933

ISBN-10: 0143104934

ISBN-13: 9780143104933

Edition: 2007 (Deluxe)

Authors: Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis, Azar Nafisi

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The great national epic of Persiathe most complete English-language edition Wherever 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 Ferdowsis…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 2/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 928
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

Abolqasem Ferdowsi(9401020) is the preeminent poet in the Persian language and one of the greatest poets of his time in any language. Dick Davisis the premier translator of Persian poetry at work today. Azar Nafisiis the author of the bestselling Reading Lolita in Tehran.

Dick Davis is an Englishman who has lived for most of his adult life outside his own country - in Greece, Italy, Iran and the United States. He is currently a professor of Persian at Ohio State University in Columbus.