num_pages: 222
description: 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.
language: English
title: Story of Layla and Majnun
titlecomplete: Story of Layla and Majnun
characters: Layla, Majnun, Laila
genres: Fiction, Poetry, Spirituality, Iran, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, Medieval, Islam
ratings_count: 3705
places: Persia
series: شاهکارهای ادبیات فارسی
publisher: Bruno Cassirer Ltd