false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172268550m/157985.jpg 157985 21 Among the great works of world literature, perhaps one of the least familiar to English readers is the <I>Shahnameh: ThePersian Book of Kings</I>, the national epic of Persia. This prodigious narrative, composed by the poet Ferdowsi between the years 980 and 1010, 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. <P> As a window on the world, <I>Shahnameh</I> belongs in the company of such literary masterpieces as Dante's <I>Divine Comedy</I>, the plays of Shakespeare, the epics of Homer&#151; classics whose reach and range bring whole cultures into view. In its pages are unforgettable moments of national triumph and failure, human courage and cruelty, blissful love and bitter grief. <P> In tracing the roots of Iran, <I>Shahnameh</I> initially draws on the depths of legend and then carries its story into historical times, when ancient Persia was swept into an expanding Islamic empire. Now Dick Davis, the greatest modern translator of Persian poetry, has revisited that poem, turning the finest stories of Ferdowsi's original into an elegant combination of prose and verse. For the first time in English, in the most complete form possible, readers can experience <I>Shahnameh</I> in the same way that Iranian storytellers have lovingly conveyed it in Persian for the past thousand years. 171133 book 400 Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings total:1016|5:741|4:161|3:74|2:23|1:17| 1016 4634 1390 59 0 1 false false Thu Aug 09 12:10:11 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 12:10:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 28 09:24:28 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 09:25:10 -0700 2009 برسي پادشاهان شاهنامه(قسمت اول)
سلام من يه چند وقتي هست كه شديدا درگير شاهنامه شدم يعني فكر كردم كه تا الان كه نخوندم كلي عمرم حدر رفته.چون احساس مي كنم هر كسي كه...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 10:32:06 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:45:36 -0700 2009 Shahnameh, and boy was it a long trip. Clocking in at 854 pages (not including glossaries and indices), it took me nearly a month to read, and not for lack of interest; the stories are, for the most part, fascinating.

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