{"product_id":"the-conference-of-the-birds-9780393355543","title":"The Conference of the Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003eConsidered by Rumi to be \"the master\" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning. He recounts the perilous journey of the world's birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf in search of the mysterious Simorgh, their king. Attar's beguiling anecdotes and humor intermingle the sublime with the mundane, the spiritual with the worldly, while his poem models the soul's escape from the mind's rational embrace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSholeh Wolp  re-creates for modern readers the beauty and timeless wisdom of the original Persian, in contemporary English verse and poetic prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolpé, Sholeh:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSholeh Wolpé\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Iranian-American poet and writer. The author of more than ten books of poems, translations, and anthologies, she is the recipient of a PEN\/Heim grant, the Midwest Book Award, and the Lois Roth Persian Translation prize, among others. Wolpé lives in Los Angeles.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603583013138,"sku":"9780393355543","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5279f5ad-739c-4f04-8eb5-aecb0dd5704f.jpg?v=1732248630","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-conference-of-the-birds-9780393355543","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}