{"product_id":"layli-and-majnun","title":"Layli and Majnun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song \"Layla\" and that Lord Byron called \"the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof the East,\" in a masterly new translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his subtlety, inventiveness, and dramatic force, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLayli and Majnun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells of star-crossed lovers whose union is tragically thwarted by their families and whose passion continues to ripple out across the centuries. Theirs is a love that lasts a lifetime, and in Nezami's immortal telling, erotic longing blends with spiritual self-denial in an allegory of Sufi aspiration, as the amenities of civilization give way to the elemental wilderness, desire is sublimated into a mystical renunciation of the physical world, and the soul confronts its essence. This is a tour de force of Persian literature, in a translation that captures the extraordinary power and virtuosity of the original.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peace and Release HK Bookstore 中東伊斯蘭文化雜貨店","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45700233363558,"sku":null,"price":167.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6125\/4246\/files\/81AyTLv0xHL._SY522.jpg?v=1780726047","url":"https:\/\/peaceandreleasehkbookstore.myshopify.com\/products\/layli-and-majnun","provider":"Peace and Release HK Bookstore 中東伊斯蘭文化雜貨店","version":"1.0","type":"link"}