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1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 08 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Penguin classics.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Fajer Al-Kaisi. |
| Summary |
"These lofty words are an antidote for anyone sickened by extremism's poison." Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning. He recounts the perilous journey of the world's birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf in search of the mysterious Simorgh, their king. Attar's beguiling anecdotes and humor intermingle the sublime with the mundane, the spiritual with the worldly, while his poem models the soul's escape from the mind's rational embrace. Sholeh Wolpe recreates for modern listeners the beauty and timeless wisdom of the original Persian, in contemporary English verse and poetic prose. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Sufi poetry.
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Sufi poetry, Persian.
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Sufism -- Early works to 1800.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Dick, 1945- translator, writer of introduction.
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Darbandi, Afkham, 1948- translator, writer of introduction.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781666131277 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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166613127X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14316505 |
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