Book Summary
"Mantiq al-tayr" (the conference of the birds) is an elaborate allegory with many digressions. It describes how all the birds (human souls) set out in search of the Simurgh (the godhead). All but 30 die and the survivors realize that they themselves are the Simurgh.
Book Details
Book Name | The Conference Of The Birds |
Author | Farid Ud-din Attar, Dick Davis, Afkham Darbandi |
Publisher | Penguin Books (03/29/1984) |
ISBN | 9780140444346 |
Pages | 240 |
Language | English |
Price | 213 |