{"product_id":"9781838865924-gulistan-illustrated-the-rose-garden-13th-century-persian-poems-and-stories-chinese-bound-illustrated","title":"Gulistan Illustrated: The Rose Garden","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13th Century Persian Poems and Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered the most influential work from the classical age of Persian literature, Sa'di's \u003cem\u003eGulistan\u003c\/em\u003e (‘The Rose Garden’) contains 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompleted in 1258, Sa'di's \u003cem\u003eGulistan\u003c\/em\u003e (‘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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered the most influential work from the classical age of Persian literature from the tenth to sixteenth centuries, \u003cem\u003eGulistan\u003c\/em\u003e was widely read across the Islamic world from Bengal to Istanbul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the modern era, the great works of Persian literature by Sa'di, Rumi and others have become known throughout the world, and \u003cem\u003eGulistan\u003c\/em\u003e is the supreme work in a tradition that values clarity, simplicity and elegance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in a traditional handmade style, this collection from \u003cem\u003eGulistan\u003c\/em\u003e is an attractive and accessible edition of Sa'di's work for any reader interested in classic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56253302047094,"sku":"9781838865924","price":32.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40387831_96c2922b-fb54-4e4a-b768-4985af945c2f.jpg?v=1773896717","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781838865924-gulistan-illustrated-the-rose-garden-13th-century-persian-poems-and-stories-chinese-bound-illustrated","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}