NOVEL THINKING

Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. I've only had this book in my possession for a few days, but I could tell immediately upon picking it up that this is a quality item. Many such accounts already existed in prose, an example being the Abu-Mansuri Shahnameh. For this volume an artist named Hamid Rahmanian took many illustrations and recast them to illuminate the text "with over 500 pages of lavish illustrations", as the publisher puts it. Highly recommended. I never forgot the first reciter of Shahnameh I saw at the age of seven somewhere near the city of Karaj. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. There are so many pictures too. Fascinating tales, opening the understanding of the cultural background of the people from ancient times to present. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Every page is magnificent. That lone cane turned into a sword, a mace, and even the neck of a neighing horse. It looks like the printout of a wordprocessor with no real typesetting or formatting and there are no Persian miniatures to illustrate it except on the cover. Super biased introduction. Entertaining and inspiring! شاهنامه فردوسی (شش جلد)؛ = Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings, Abolqasem Ferdowsi I have struggled much these thirty years in order to keep Persian. Not only is the translation more pithy and digestible than other attempts that I've read, the artwork alone is enough to justify buying it! Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Long story short, in probably any other circumstance, I wouldn't even consider leaving a review without having read the book and owned it for 6+ months; in this instance, however, the work is so moving, I was compelled. (Dick Davis's translation contains lithographs from 19th century versions.) It took him thirty years to write the sixty thousand verses that comprise the Shahnameh or "The Book of Kings." Edmond Warner's introduction is incredibly eurocentric and has little to no understanding of ancient poetic traditions or comparative historic folklore. This English version of Iran's answer to the Iliad, Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (The Book of Kings) stands head and shoulders above other translations of this great work. He dedicated thirty-three years of his life to Shahnameh and finished its second redaction one thousand and three years ago, in March 1010. Shahnameh: The Epic of th... What is remarkable is that I still remember not only the performance but also the pictures I made in my head as it went on. Shahnameh is of the essence of Iranian nationhood. To hide it, choose Ship in Amazon Packaging at Checkout. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2014. You won't regret it. Every time I look at it, read from it, browse through it I am happy that I bought it. Paperback. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Absolutely beautiful book! What happens when we reach the end of nature? Persian was the major literary language of the Middle East and India from at least 800 AD until the 19th century. Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (Penguin Classics) Abolqasem Ferdowsi.

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