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Author Sís, Peter, 1949-

Title The conference of the birds / Peter Sís.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Fiction  FIC-SIS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  891.55 SI8C    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Note Adaptation of the twelfth-century Persian epic poem The Conference of the Birds by Farid Ud-Din Attar.
Summary Presents an illustrated tale of thirty birds and their perilous journey through the seven valleys of Quest, Love, Understanding, Detachment, Unity, Amazement, and Death in a quest to find their true king, the Simorgh.
Subject Birds.
Quests (Expeditions)
Mysticism.
Sufi poetry, Persian -- Translations into English.
Sufism.
Added Author ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, -approximately 1230. Manṭiq al-ṭayr.
ISBN 9781594203060
1594203067
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