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The Persian Book of Kings
Penguin
March 2007
On Sale: February 27, 2007
928 pages ISBN: 0143104934 EAN: 9780143104933 Paperback
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Non-Fiction
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.
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