{"product_id":"layli-and-majnun","title":"Layli and Majnun","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song \"Layla\" and that Lord Byron called \"the \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e of the East,\" in a masterly new translation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, \u003ci\u003eLayli and Majnun\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49000241725690,"sku":"9780143133995","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/3101\/1322\/files\/imageloader_3ef4bc78-89a2-483d-b35b-9b605be761a4.jpg?v=1781307891","url":"https:\/\/serafinibooks.com\/products\/layli-and-majnun","provider":"Serafini Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}