Layli and Majnun
Author: Nezami, Ganjavi,
ISBN: 9780143133995
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 04 May 2021
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The Persian epic that inspired Eric ClaptonP#39;s unforgettable love song Pquot;LaylaPquot; and that Lord Byron called Pquot;the Plt;iPgt;Romeo and JulietPlt;/iPgt; of the East,Pquot; in a masterly new translationPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A Penguin ClassicPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;The Persian epic that inspired Eric ClaptonP#39;s unforgettable love song Pquot;LaylaPquot; and that Lord Byron called Pquot;the Plt;iPgt;Romeo and JulietPlt;/iPgt; of the East,Pquot; in a masterly new translationPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A Penguin ClassicPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;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, Plt;iPgt;Layli and MajnunPlt;/iPgt; 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 NezamiP#39;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.
ISBN: 9780143133995
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 04 May 2021
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The Persian epic that inspired Eric ClaptonP#39;s unforgettable love song Pquot;LaylaPquot; and that Lord Byron called Pquot;the Plt;iPgt;Romeo and JulietPlt;/iPgt; of the East,Pquot; in a masterly new translationPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A Penguin ClassicPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;The Persian epic that inspired Eric ClaptonP#39;s unforgettable love song Pquot;LaylaPquot; and that Lord Byron called Pquot;the Plt;iPgt;Romeo and JulietPlt;/iPgt; of the East,Pquot; in a masterly new translationPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A Penguin ClassicPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;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, Plt;iPgt;Layli and MajnunPlt;/iPgt; 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 NezamiP#39;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.
