{"product_id":"the-angels-knocking-on-the-tavern-door-thirty-poems-of-hafez-paperback","title":"The Angels Knocking on the Tavern Door: Thirty Poems of Hafez - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeonard Lewisohn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Bly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of our most acclaimed poets brings the work of the great Persian mystic and poet, Hafez, to a new audience. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no poet in our tradition who carries the amount of admiration and devotion that the Persians have for Hafez. Children learn to sing Hafez poems in the third grade, and almost every family has a copy of the collected Hafez on the dining room table. Robert Bly and the great Islamic scholar Leonard Lewisohn have worked for 15 years on this book of Hafez, the first that carries into English his nimbleness, his outrageous humor, his defenses of the private life in the face of the fundamentalists, and the joy of his love poems. He writes in the ghazal form, one of the greatest inventions in the history of poetry. This is Rumi's wild younger brother, now brought into an English that makes his genius visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe great Persian poet Hafez is so beloved in Iran that almost every family there keeps his \u003cem\u003eDivan\u003c\/em\u003e close at hand. For some fifteen years, esteemed American poet and author Robert Bly has worked with the great Islamic scholar Leonard Lewisohn to produce this translation, which for the first time captures Hafez's nimbleness, his fierce humor, his astonishing range of thought, and his delight in love--enabling English speakers to fully appreciate the true genius of this master of the \u003cem\u003eghazal\u003c\/em\u003e form, one of the greatest inventions in the history of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e--Coleman Barks\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe great Persian poet Hafez is so beloved in Iran that almost every family there keeps his \u003cem\u003eDivan\u003c\/em\u003e close at hand. For some fifteen years, esteemed American poet and author Robert Bly has worked with the great Islamic scholar Leonard Lewisohn to produce this translation, which for the first time captures Hafez's nimbleness, his fierce humor, his astonishing range of thought, and his delight in love--enabling English speakers to fully appreciate the true genius of this master of the \u003cem\u003eghazal\u003c\/em\u003e form, one of the greatest inventions in the history of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337006801261,"sku":"9780061138843","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/cUvI9zn4mq9780061138843.webp?v=1778922851","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-angels-knocking-on-the-tavern-door-thirty-poems-of-hafez-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}