Farid Attar

The Conference of the Birds

Mitarbeit:Darbandi, Afkham; Davis, Dick;Übersetzung:Darbandi, Afkham; Davis, Dick

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Produktbeschreibung

"Mantiq al-tayr" (the conference of the birds) is an elaborate allegory with many digressions. It describes how all the birds (human souls) set out in search of the Simurgh (the godhead). All but 30 die and the survivors realize that they themselves are the Simurgh.

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Produktdetails

• Penguin Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 270566
• 1984.
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9780140444346
• ISBN-10: 0140444343
• Artikelnr.: 21131461

Autorenporträt

Dick Davis is currently professor of Persian at Ohio State University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His translations from Persian include The Lion and the Throne, Fathers and Sons, Sunset of Empire: Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Vols. I, II, III. Dick Davis is currently professor of Persian at Ohio State University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His translations from Persian include The Lion and the Throne, Fathers and Sons, Sunset of Empire: Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, Vols. I, II, III.

Inhaltsangabe

The Conference of the Birds - Farid ud-Din Attar Translated with an
Introduction by Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis
Introduction
The Conference of the Birds
Biographical Index