Monthly Archives: September 2007

The language of the heart

By lessan | Published: September 24, 2007

I just got back a book which I had lent to a friend – I’ve really missed it. It’s The Conference of the Birds by Attar. At this stage I think it’s my all-time favorite book. I much prefer Attar to Rumi and the other poets I’ve read, probably because I understand what he’s saying […]

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Shahnameh: Book of Kings

By lessan | Published: September 4, 2007

“Among the greatest works of world literature, this prodigious narrative, composed by the poet Ferdowsi in the late tenth century, tells the story of pre-Islamic Iran, beginning in the mythic time of creation and continuing forward to the Arab invasion in the seventh century. The sweep and psychological depth of the Shahnameh is nothing less […]

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