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020			_a9780143104933 (pbk.) : _c25.00
020			_a0143104934 (pbk.) : _c25.00
040			_aBaker & Taylor
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050		4	_aPK6456 A1 _bD39 2007
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100	1	0	_aFerdowsi, Abolqasem. _qFirdawsi. _9102655
240	0	0	_a[Shahnamah. English. Selections]
245	1	0	_aShahnameh : _bThe Persian book of kings / _cTranslated by Dick Davis; with a forward by Azar Nafisi.
246	3		_aShahnameh : the Persian book of kings.
246	3		_aThe epic of the kings.
246	3		_aBook of kings.
246	3		_aShaahnameh
246	3		_aShah-nama
250			_aDeluxed.
260	0		_bPenguin Books, _aNew York, NY : _c2007,c2006.
300			_axxxvii, 886 p. : _bill.; _c21 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
490	0		_aPenguin classics
500			_a"Originally publsihed in three volumes entitled The Lion and the Throne, Fathers and Sons and Sunset of Empire by Mage Publishers, Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso.
500			_aReprint. First published: New York: Viking Penguin, 2006.
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aThis immense volume translates into clear, accessible prose the bedrock work of Iranian literature. Compiled and cast into verse by a tenth-century bard, Shahnameh contains the stories of the kings of ancient Iran before Islam overwhelmed the land in the seventh century. The first half deals primarily with mythical and semimythical figures, chief among them the great hero Rostam, while the latter half, beginning with the conquest of Sekandar--that is, Alexander the Great--records historical persons and events. In the concise, informative introduction, Davis calls attention to the entire book's recurrent themes of father-son conflict and contrast between kings and heroes, the latter of whom are nobler in character than the former; indeed, so noble that they invariably decline the throne when it is proffered to them. Davis encourages viewing both themes as reflections of a detached and critical attitude toward formal power and markers of a humane spirit that has allowed the epic to persist as the supreme classic of its nation. RayOlson. From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
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