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The Conference Of the Birds (Translation)
[Hardback - 2017]
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Category: Literature
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Usa | ISBN: 9780393292183 | Pages: 0
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Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for his epic poem The Conference of the Birds, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul s search for meaning. The poem recounts the perilous journey of the world s birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf, in search of the mysterious Simurgh, their king. Attar s beguiling anecdotes and humour intermingle the sublime with the mundane, the spiritual with the worldly, and the religious with the metaphysical. Reflecting the entire evolution of Sufi mystic tradition, Attar s poem models the soul s escape from the mind s rational embrace.

Sholeh Wolpe re-creates the beauty of the original Persian in contemporary English verse and poetic prose, capturing for the first time the beauty and timeless wisdom of Attar s masterpiece for modern readers.

Sholeh Wolpe is an Iranian-American poet and writer. The author of more than ten books of poems, translations, and anthologies, she is the recipient of a PEN/Heim grant, the Midwest Book Award, and the Lois Roth Persian Translation prize, among others. Wolpe lives in Los Angeles.

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