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The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam|Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi

The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam : Revised Edition

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The great Persian classic known as the Shahname, or Book of Kings, completed in the eleventh century A.D. by the poet Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi, describes the pre-Islamic history of Persia from mythological times down to the invasion of the armies of Islam in the mid-seventh century A.D. From this long saga, Jerome W. Clinton has translated into English blank verse the most famous episode, the tragic story of Sohrab and Rostam. In this new edition, Clinton has revised and corrected his translation to make it more fluent and idiomatic, capturing more closely the narrative power of the original poem. The Persian text appears on facing pages.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780295975672
  • ISBN-10: 0295975679
  • Publisher: University of Washington Press
  • Publish Date: December 1996
  • Dimensions: 9.03 x 6.03 x 0.62 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
  • Page Count: 224

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