Song of the Ground Jay: Poems by Iranian Women, 1960–2022
: March 7, 2023
Another Birth and Other Poems
: March 24, 2010
Forugh Farrokhzad was born in Tehran in 1935 and died in a car crash at the age of 32…Fiercely honest, insightful, and often wonderfully lyrical, her work has earned her a secure place in the thousand-year tradition of illustrious Iranian poets.[read more>>]
SHAHNAMEH: The Persian Book of Kings
“It is almost impossible to exaggerate the influence of [the Shahnameh] on the national culture of Iran…it marks the definitive emergence of New Persian as a language of literature and culture… in much the same way as the Authorized Version of the Bible anchored English.[read more>>]
The Lion and the Throne: Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi: Vol. I
Among the masterpieces of world literature, perhaps the least familiar to English readers is the Persian book of Kings (Shahnameh, in Persian).[read more>>]
Fathers and Sons: Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi: Volume II
“This splendid book is the second in a projected set of three volumes that will recount all the major events of the Persian national epic, the Shahnama or Book of Kings. Written in rhyming couplets by the poet Firdawsi and completed in about 1010, the epic runs to more than 40,000 lines.” – W. L.[read more>>]
