The Conference of the Birds
Attar, Farid
Penguin Books Ltd, 1984
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"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.
- ISBN-13
- 9780140444346
- ISBN-10
- 0140444343
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 1984
- Publication date
- 1984-03-29
- Pages
- 304
- Dimensions
- 195 x 126 x 15
- Weight
- 226