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| Atabi, A. | Collected articles of Badri Atabi | Badri Tabi was the head of the Imperial Library in Iran until the 1979 Revolution. This book includes 32 articles by her which were published in various Persian language journals outside of Iran. The articles cover general Iranian history and biography. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 1996. Price: £13.50 | ||
| Attar | The conference of birds | 12th century Persian Sufi masterpiece, "The conference of the birds" is an epic allegory of the seeker's journey to God. When all the birds of the world convene and determine that they lack a king, one bird stands forth and offers to lead them to a great and mighty monarch. Initially excited, each bird falters in turn, whereupon their leader admonishes them with well-targeted parables. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 1984. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Barnham, H.D. (trans.) | Tales of Nasreddin | Here is a collection of 181 of the funniest and best known Mulla Nasreddin stories. In English. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2006. Price: £14.99 | ||
| Doutstkhan, Jalil | Avesta: the ancient Iranian hymns and texts | |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Price: £66.99 | ||
| Farokhzad, Forugh | The complete works of Forugh Farokhzad (POETRY) | Celebrated Iranian female poet. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Price: £15.95 | ||
| Fasih, Ismail | Del-e Koor | Farsi fiction |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2005. Price: £13.95 | ||
| Fasih, Ismail | Sorayya dar Eghma | Farsi Fiction. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2004. Price: £15.75 | ||
| Fitzgerald, E. (edited by Daniel Karlin) | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | In the 'rubáiyát' (short epigrammatic poems) of the medieval Persian poet, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyám, Edward Fitzgerald saw an unflinching challenge to the illusions and consolations of mankind in every age. His version of Omar is neither a translation nor an independent poem; sceptical of divine providence and insistent on the pleasure of the passing moment, its 'Orientalism' offers FitzGerald a powerful and distinctive voice, in whose accents a whole Victorian generation comes to life. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £9.99 | ||
| Gibran, K. (Jibran) | Booseye Khorshid (The Prophet) | Bilingual English-Farsi small pocket edition. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Price: £9.95 | ||
| Hedayat, S. | The blind owl | English translation. The Blind Owl was written during the oppressive latter years of Reza Shah's rule (1925-1941). It was originally published in a limited edition in Bombay, during Hedayat's year-long stay there in 1937, stamped with "not for sale or publication in Iran." It first appeared in Tehran in 1941 (as a serial in the daily Iran), after Erza Shah's abdication, and had an immediate and forceful effect. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £7.99 | ||
| Hedayat, S. | Three drops of blood and other stories | English translation. This collection of previously neglected short stories displays the disturbing and evocative force in Hedayat's writing, and shows him to be more than worthy of a place in the literary canon. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2008. Price: £7.99 | ||
| Khayyam, Omar | Rubayat-e Khayyam (Robaiyat) | Small hardback, bilingual English-Farsi edition of Khayyam's poems. Translations by Fitzgerald. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £14.25 | ||
| Khayyam, Omar (Khayam) | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | In English, French, Arabic, and Persian. Colour illustrated with beautiful persian paintings. Hardback with cardboard pocket holder. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 1995 (2005). Price: £24.95 | ||
| Khorrami, M.M. & S. Vatanabadi | A feast in the mirror: Stories by contemporary Iranian women | Contrary to what many in the West perceive, women are making a powerful contribution to the Iranian fiction scene. This collection captures the diverse voices of modern Iranian women, offering glimpses into their lives and into the labyrinths of Iranian society. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2000. Price: £15.50 | ||
| Mozaffari, N., & A. Karimi Hakkak (ed.) | Strange times in Persia. An anthology of contemporary Iranian literature. | A selection of works in translation from over forty writers spanning three generations, both men and women: a window into Iran's contemporary literary culture. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2009. Price: £12.99 | ||
| Nizami | The story of Layla and Majnun: Laili and Majnoon | This is one of the best-known legends of the Orient, both a touching love story and a profound spiritual allegory. The Persian poet Nizami collected a number of folk versions and shaped them into a single narrative poem of some 4000 stanzas near the end of the twelfth century. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 1997. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Pezeshkzad, I. | Asemun Rismun | Satire by the author of Uncle Napoleon and his own favorite work. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2007. Price: £15.50 | ||
| Pezeshkzad, I. | My uncle Napoleon | First published in Iran in the 1970s and adapted into a hugely succesful television series, this beloved novel is a timeless and universal satire of first love and family intrigue. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Rumi | The Masnavi | Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called 'the Koran in Persian'. The thirteenth-century Muslim mystic Rumi composed his work for the benefit of his disciples in the Sufi order named after him, better known as the whirling dervishes. In order to convey his message of divine love and unity he threaded together entertaining stories and penetrating homilies. |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 2004. Click on entry for price details. | ||
| Yalfani, M. | Far from home | |
| Persian/Farsi: Fiction. Published 1998. Price: £12.50 | ||
