Gulistan Illustrated: The Rose Garden
13th Century Persian Poems and Stories
$93.92
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2025
Summary
Completed in 1258, Sa’di’s Gulistan (‘The Rose Garden’) contains a wide-ranging selection of stories, anecdotes and poems offering advice and reflections on human existence, love, governing, education, and the nature of freedom – just as a rose garden is a collection of flowers. The full work contains some 595 short poems in Persian, consisting typically just under two couplets each. The stories are expressed in precise, minimalist language, providing psychological insight and wisdom…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781838865924 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1838865926 |
| Author: | Mahdi Salari Nasab, Sa'di Shirazi |
| Publisher: | Amber Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Amber Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.15kg |
| Dimensions: | 265mm x 196mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Chinese Bound Illustrated |
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About The Author
Mahdi Salari Nasab
Nicknamed ‘The Master of Speech’, Sa’di Shirazi (1210–91) is widely recognised as one the greatest poets in the classical Persian literary tradition. A quote from his poem, Bani Adam, meaning ‘Sons of Adam’ or ‘Human Beings’, is inscribed on the United Nations building in New York.
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