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Shahnameh (Classics Deluxe Edition): The Persian Book of Kings (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio)
Shahnameh The Persian Book of Kings - Classics Deluxe Edition - Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio Author:Abolqasem Ferdowsi The great national epic of Persiathe 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 narra... more »tive, 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.« less