Shahnameh

Dick Davis, "our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (Washington Post) has revised and expanded his highly-praised translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, including more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shanameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly-marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Among the greatest works of world literature, this prodigious narrative, composed by the poet Ferdowsi in the late tenth century, tells the story of pre-Islamic Iran, beginning in the mythic time of creation and continuing forward to the Arab invasion in the seventh century.

Dick Davis, ,,traducatorul nostru preeminent din persana" (Washington Post) si-a revizuit si extins traducerea foarte laudata a capodoperei lui Ferdowsi, incluzand mai mult de 100 de pagini de text nou tradus. Combinatia eleganta a lui Davis de proza si versuri permite poeziei lui Shanameh sa-si cante direct propriile povesti, intercalate cu moderatie cu explicatii clar marcate pentru a usura cititorii moderni.