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The Conference of the Birds
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ISBN10: 0393355543
ISBN13: 9780393355543
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Apr 17 2018
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.65
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780393355543
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Apr 17 2018
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.65
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Considered by Rumi to be the master of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning. He recounts the perilous journey of the world's birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf in search of the mysterious Simorgh, their king. Attar's beguiling anecdotes and humor intermingle the sublime with the mundane, the spiritual with the worldly, while his poem models the soul's escape from the mind's rational embrace.
Sholeh Wolpé re-creates for modern readers the beauty and timeless wisdom of the original Persian, in contemporary English verse and poetic prose.
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