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Shahnameh : the Persian book of kings / Abolqasem Ferdowsi ; translated by Dick Davis ; with a foreword by Azar Nafisi.
LIBRA PK6456.A13 D3813 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Firdawsī
- Standardized Title:
- Shāhnāmah. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Persian
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 886 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Persian book of kings
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2006.
- Summary:
- The greatest modern translator of Persian poetry revisits the literary masterpiece that 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. Illustrations throughout.
- Notes:
- Includes glossary.
- "Originally published in three volumes entitled The lion and the throne, Fathers and sons, and Sunset of empire by Mage Publishers, Washington, DC"--T.p. verso.
- ISBN:
- 0670034851
- OCLC:
- 61684204
- Publisher Number:
- 9780670034857
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