ISBN10: 0143108328, ISBN13: 9780143108320, [publisher: Penguin Classics] Softcover
[Milano, MI, Italy] [Publication Year: 2016]

Penguin Group 2016 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 1040 p.

Penguin Classics, Date: 2016. Paperback. New. expanded edition. 996 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.75 inches. 2016. Penguin Classics ISBN 0143108328 9780143108320 [GB]

ISBN10: 0143108328, ISBN13: 9780143108320, [publisher: Penguin Classics] Softcover expanded edition. 996 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.75 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2016]

ISBN10: 0143108328, ISBN13: 9780143108320, [publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London] Softcover Paperback. Dick Davis, "our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (Washington Post) has revised and expanded his highly-praised translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, including more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shanameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly-marked explanations to ease along modern readers.Wherever Persian influence has spread, the stories of the Shahnameh become deeply embedded in the culture, as amply attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runner and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez. Among the greatest works of world literature, this prodigious narrative, 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 definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran-now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language editionA Penguin ClassicDick 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 elegant combination of prose and verse allows the ...
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ISBN10: 0143108328, ISBN13: 9780143108320, [publisher: Penguin Classics] Softcover First Edition First Edition thus, as good as new. Shahnameh by Ferdowsi. Published by Penguin Classics in 2016. Paperback ISBN:9780143108320. Collectible item in excellent condition.
[Antwerpen, Belgium] [Publication Year: 2016]
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[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2016]