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Shahnameh

The Epic of the Persian Kings

Ferdowsi Ahmad Sadri Sheila Canby Hamid Rahmanian

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English
Liveright Publishing Corporation
22 December 2017
Vividly translated and lushly illustrated, this edition of the Persian epic Shahnameh is fully illuminated for new audiences.

Ferdowsi's classic poem Shahnameh is part myth, part history—beginning with the legend of the birth of the Persian nation and its tumultuous history, it contains magical birds and superhuman heroes and centuries-long battles. Written over 1,000 years ago, it was meant to protect Persian collective memory amidst a turbulent sea of cultural storms. Originally written in couplets, the translation and adaptation by Ahmad Sadri retells the mythological tales in prose format. The spectacular illustrations in this edition were created from elements culled from thousands of manuscripts, lithographs, and miniatures dating from the thirteenth through the nineteenth centuries, and each panel becomes a new work of art, an exquisite collage of traditional forms.

500 + full-color illustrations

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Illustrated by:   Hamid Rahmanian
Foreword by:  
Translated by:  
Imprint:   Liveright Publishing Corporation
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   Illustrated Edition, Slipcased
Dimensions:   Height: 371mm,  Width: 224mm,  Spine: 58mm
Weight:   3.066kg
ISBN:   9781631494468
ISBN 10:   1631494465
Pages:   592
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

The ancient legends of the Persian Book of Kings (Shahnameh) 1 were versified by Abolqasem Ferdowsi (940-1020 CE), who was born to a family of small landowners near the city of Tus, in northeastern Iran. An Iranian sociologist and translator, Ahmad Sadri is a professor of Islamic world studies, sociology, and anthropology at Lake Forest College, and lives in Illinois. Hamid Rahmanian is a John Guggenheim Fellow and multidisciplinary artist based in New York.

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