Shahnameh (Classics Deluxe Edition): The Persian Book of Kings (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Couverture souple

Ferdowsi, Abolqasem

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0143104934 ISBN 13 : 9780143104933

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2007

Synopsis

Note de l'éditeur : il s'agit d'une édition spéciale reliée qui peut présenter des pages irrégulières/mal massicotées. Il s'agit d'un choix de l'éditeur et de l'auteur. The great national epic of Persia—the most complete English-language edition

Wherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnameh become deeply embedded in the culture, as their appearance in such novels as The Kite Runner amply 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 Shahnameh is 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Abolqasem Ferdowsi (940 - 1020) is the preeminent poet in the Persian language and one 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 Teheran.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0143104934
• ISBN 13: 9780143104933
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 928
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible