The Conference of the Birds

by Peter Sis

2020-12-31 15:48:56

An award-winning author and illustrator offers a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the beloved Sufi poemCelebrated children’s book creator Peter Sis presents his first book for adults with The Conference of the Birds—a lyrical and ric... Read more
An award-winning author and illustrator offers a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the beloved Sufi poem

Celebrated children’s book creator Peter Sis presents his first book for adults with The Conference of the Birds—a lyrical and richly illustrated story of love, faith, and the beauty of the human journey. Sis’s deeply felt version of the classic twelfth-century Persian epic poem tells the story of a flock of birds in search of the true king, Simorgh, who lives on the mountain of Kaf. Drawn from all species, the flock travels through the seven valleys: quest, love, understanding, detachment, unity, amazement, and death. The birds that endure reach the mountain to learn a profound lesson: that Simorgh the king is, in fact, each of them and all of them. Less

Book Details

File size10 X 7 X 0.48 in
Print pages160
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
Publication date October 29, 2013
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780143124245
Author
PETER SÍS, a MacArthur Fellow and internationally renowned artist, received Caldecott Honors for Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei and Tibet Through the Red Box. He has lived in and around New York C...

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