booktheque

Kalila wa dimna, or, The mirror for princes

Sulayman Al-Bassam · 2006

Where to buy

Amazon’s price changes daily, so the most accurate place to see it is there, at the moment you buy.

View on Amazon

About the book

"Set in Iraq c. 750 AD, at the dawn of the Abbasid revolution, the poet, wit and radical reformer Ibn Al-Muqaffa is battling against fervent revolutionaries, heretic poets, religious propagandists and a ruler who names himself none other than 'God's shadow on earth'." "Part history, part political fable, part personal tragedy, this new drama explores the creation of one of the masterpieces of Eastern literature, Kalila wa Dimna or The Mirror for Princes, through the life of its most important scribe." "Sulayman Al-Bassam's play appeared at the Barbican, London and the Tokyo International Arts Festival, Japan."--BOOK JACKET.

Book details

Year
2006
Language
English
Series
Oberon modern plays
Publisher
Oberon
Editions
1
Pages
95
ISBN
9781840026702

Data source: Wikidata

More by Sulayman Al-Bassam