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Layli and Majnun

Layli and Majnun

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Author: Ganjavi, Nezami

Brand: Penguin

Color: Multicolor

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 320

Release Date: 09-02-2021

Part Number: 9780143133995

Details: The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song "Layla" and that Lord Byron called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East," in a masterly new translation

A Penguin Classic

The iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his subtlety, inventiveness, and dramatic force, Layli and Majnun tells of star-crossed lovers whose union is tragically thwarted by their families and whose passion continues to ripple out across the centuries. Theirs is a love that lasts a lifetime, and in Nezami's immortal telling, erotic longing blends with spiritual self-denial in an allegory of Sufi aspiration, as the amenities of civilization give way to the elemental wilderness, desire is sublimated into a mystical renunciation of the physical world, and the soul confronts its essence. This is a tour de force of Persian literature, in a translation that captures the extraordinary power and virtuosity of the original.

EAN: 9780143133995

Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English, Persian

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