{"product_id":"book-kqrt","title":"Shahnameh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran—now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the \u003ci\u003eShahnameh\u003c\/i\u003e to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the \u003ci\u003eShahnameh\u003c\/i\u003e is among the greatest works of world literature. This prodigious narrative tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation of the world and the dawn of Persian civilization through the seventh-century Arab conquest. The stories of the \u003ci\u003eShahnameh\u003c\/i\u003e are deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works as \u003ci\u003eThe Kite Runner\u003c\/i\u003e and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is expertly read by Dick Davis, Nikki Massoud, and Sean Rohani with audio engineering by Blake Rook. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur sincere gratitude to the Parwiz Zafari fund at the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies at Stanford University for their generous support in bringing this audio production to life. You can learn more about their work at iranianstudies.stanford.edu.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamscape","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49638042632496,"sku":"BDkqrt","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/695069-kqrt-Square.jpg?v=1742429653","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-kqrt","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}