{"product_id":"layli-and-majnun","title":"Layli and Majnun","description":"The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton''s unforgettable love song \"Layla\" and that Lord Byron called \"the Romeo and Juliet of the East,\" in a masterly new translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\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, Layli and Majnun 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.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39324830171236,"sku":"9780143133995","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0048\/8207\/1652\/files\/9780143133995_1-layli-and-majnun.jpg?v=1759554453","url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/layli-and-majnun","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}