The Conference Of The Birds

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
 
 

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