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The Conference Of the Birds
[Paperback - 2018]
attar
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Category: Literature
Sub-category: Poetry
Additional Category: Sufism/Mysticism - Classics
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company | ISBN: 9780393355543 | Pages: 384
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Award-winning translator Sholeh Wolpé recaptures the beauty of one of Persian literature s most celebrated masterpieces.

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 Wolpé 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.

About the Author

Sholeh Wolpe is an Iranian-American poet and writer. She is the recipient of the PEN/Heim Grant, the Midwest Book Award, and the Lois Roth Persian Translation Prize, among others. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

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