Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Jahan Malek Khatun, Hafez, Dick Davis

Book Overview

Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian literature

Together, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist, represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of any era. All three lived in the famed city of Shiraz, a provincial capital of south-central Iran, and all three drew support...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143107283
• ISBN13: 9780143107286
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.6" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher