{"product_id":"shahnameh-the-epic-of-the-persian-kings-illustrated-slipcase-edition-9781631494468","title":"Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings [Illustrated Slipcase Edition]","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike other great epics, \u003cem\u003eShahnameh\u003c\/em\u003e is a chronicle of the human imaginative consciousness. It tells the long history of the Persian people beginning with the creation of the world and the origin myths of civilization and ending with the Arab conquest of Iran in the seventh century. A mix of myth, epic tales, and history, \u003cem\u003eShahnameh\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader on heroic adventures filled with superhuman champions, magical creatures, heart-wrenching love stories, and centuries-long battles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The illustrations of this \u003cem\u003eShahnameh\u003c\/em\u003e, while totally dependent on the art of the past, most closely evoke the fantasy literature of today in visual form. Thanks to the dramatic dynamism of Ferdowsi's epic, its contemporary interpretation in images is a vibrant feast for the imagination, making this a \u003cem\u003eShahnameh\u003c\/em\u003e for the digital age.\" --Sheila Canby, Metropolitan Museum of Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ferdowsi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 14.40h x 8.70w x 2.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631494468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFerdowsi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A little over a thousand years ago the Persian poet Ferdowsi of Tous collected and put into heroic verse the millennium-old mythological and epic traditions of Iran. It took him thirty years to write the sixty thousand verses that comprise the Shahnameh or \"The Book of Kings.\" This monumental work begins with legends of the birth of the Persian nationhood and ends with the Arab conquest of Iran. Written in the aftermath of that national trauma, Shahnameh was meant to harbor the Persian collective memory, language, and culture in a turbulent sea of many historical storms.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCanby, Sheila:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sheila Canby is the Patti Cadby Birch Curator in Charge of the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She lives in New York City.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSadri, Ahmad:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAn Iranian sociologist and translator, \u003cstrong\u003eAhmad Sadri\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of Islamic world studies, sociology, and anthropology at Lake Forest College, and lives in Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ferdowsi \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47629489340573,"sku":"9781631494468","price":144.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_80e17ef0-1167-4f3b-aff8-593799988a58.jpg?v=1770190187","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/shahnameh-the-epic-of-the-persian-kings-illustrated-slipcase-edition-9781631494468","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}