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Availability:In StockContributor:Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis (Translator), Azar Nafisi (Foreword by)Publish date:2016-03-08Pages:1040
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143108320ISBN-10:143108328UPC:9780143108320Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Epic, Ancient & Classical, Middle EasternSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 2.00 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SC4FZ6SQ38
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran--now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition
A Penguin Classic
Dick Davis--"our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (The Washington Post)--has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's...
A Penguin Classic
Dick Davis--"our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (The Washington Post)--has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143108320ISBN-10:143108328UPC:9780143108320Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Epic, Ancient & Classical, Middle EasternSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 2.00 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SC4FZ6SQ38
Abolqasem Ferdowsi was born in Khorasan in a village near Tus in 940. His great epic, Shahnameh, was originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan. Ferdowsi died around 1020 in poverty. Dick Davis (translator) is professor emeritus of Persian at Ohio State University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His translations from Persian include Faces of Love: Hafez and the...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Dick Davis (Translator), Azar Nafisi (Foreword by)
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