The Birds Who Flew Beyond Time

by Anne Baring

A modern retelling of the Sufi parable, "The Conference of the Birds," a poem written in the thirteenth century by Farid ud-Din Attar. In this retelling, the birds of the Earth, led by the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569579075
• ISBN13: 9781569579077
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Shambhala Publications
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

"Conference of the Birds" beautifully retold

Contrary to the publisher's description, this is not a "children's book" but a sensitive and intelligent (albeit highly condensed) retelling of Attar's Sufi classic, "The Conference of the Birds," an allegorical tale of the soul's journey to the divine. A Sufi teacher once said that "children's books" are so appropriate for spiritual remembrance, because they speak to an earlier and more trusting layer of our psyche, bypassing the head and going straight to the heart. Here we have a great tale of courage in the face of despair, the overcoming of obstacles, the loss of loved ones, and the heart's final illumination with love. Beautifully told, beautifully illustrated. Oh! happy accident--if you happen upon a copy, this is a lovely place to join the caravan.