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Readers trust theaseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateatranslations by award-winning translators. With more than 1,500atitles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. a For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. The stories of thea Shahnamehaare deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works asa The Kite Runneraand the love poems of Rumi and Hafez. 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. a Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, thea Shahnamehais among the greatest works of world literature. Davis's elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of thea Shahnamehato sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern readers. "Dick 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.
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