Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings [Readers Edition] (Readers)

Contributor(s): Ferdowsi (Author), Sadri, Ahmad (Translator), Rahmanian, Hamid (Editor), Hibbard, Melissa (Editor), Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd (Introduction by)

ISBN: 9781324093800

Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation

Hardcover

$45.00

Pub Date: March 18, 2025

Dewey: 891.5511

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.90" H x 9.50" L x 6.70" W ( 2.25 lbs) 640 pages

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Description: A fresh, lyrical new translation of Persia's founding epic.

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Hamid Rahmanian is a John Guggenheim Fellow and multidisciplinary artist based in New York.

Review Quotes: The definitive English-edition Shahnameh. There cannot be a more lovingly translated, artfully presented version--what a profound gift for lovers of Iran, history, language, poetry, humanity. What a gift for us all.--Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr!