Khosrow and Shirin / Nezami Ganjavi ; translated from the Persian with an introduction and notes by Dick Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203, author.

Contributor:

Davis, Dick, 1945- translator.

Series:

Penguin classics

Penguin Classics

Standardized Title:

Khusraw va Shīrīn. English

Language:

English

Persian

Genre:

Poetry

Translations

Love poetry.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 401 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025.

Summary:

"Based on historical characters of the seventh-century Iranian court and written 850 years ago, the narrative poem about Khosrow and Shirin shares a shelf with the most intensely romantic classic stories readers love, from Tristan and Isolde to Layla and Majnun to Romeo and Juliet to Gatsby and Daisy. The love between an Iranian prince (Khosrow) and an Armenian princess (Shirin) is at the center of this tumultuous tale in which the powers of politics and warfare intertwine with no less powerful forces of erotic desire and the quest for personal and spiritual fulfilment. Theirs is a complex love story based on conflicting concepts of love, one regarding the beloved as a prize to be conquered and possessed, the other unrequited and all-consuming, relishing the very notion of the annihilation of the self through love. Davis has captured the energy and poetry of Nezami's original in modern verse. Davis's introduction and textual commentary further strengthens his translation by providing insightful context for the general reader and scholar alike. Khosrow and Shirin will enchant both the classicist and the general reader, to captivate a new audience for Nezami's masterpiece."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203. Khosrow and Shirin

ISBN:

9780143138631

0143138634

OCLC:

1449674080

Publisher Number:

90102003980

CIPO000234467