{"product_id":"book-e4r3","title":"Layli and Majnun","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song \"Layla\" and that Lord Byron called \"the \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e of the East,\" in a masterly new translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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, \u003ci\u003eLayli and Majnun\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Nezami'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis audiobook includes a PDF that contains notes from the book.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49326668316976,"sku":"BDe4r3","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/538983-e4r3-Square.jpg?v=1733651041","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-e4r3","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}