{"product_id":"layli-and-majnun","title":"Layli and Majnun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNezami Ganjavi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDick Davis (translation)\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e9780143133995\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton’s unforgettable love song “Layla” and that Lord Byron called “the Romeo and Juliet of the East,” in a masterly new translation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his subtlety, inventiveness, and dramatic force, Layli and Majnun tells of star-crossed lovers whose union is tragically thwarted by their families and whose passion continues to ripple out across the centuries. Theirs is a love that lasts a lifetime, and in Nezami’s immortal telling, erotic longing blends with spiritual self-denial in an allegory of Sufi aspiration, as the amenities of civilization give way to the elemental wilderness, desire is sublimated into a mystical renunciation of the physical world, and the soul confronts its essence. This is a tour de force of Persian literature, in a translation that captures the extraordinary power and virtuosity of the original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43343021801507,"sku":"9780143133995","price":31.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_0082_cebb5ee2-577f-43dd-b726-b34851054d0e.jpg?v=1783422273","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.com\/products\/layli-and-majnun","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}