Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafez is in love. He is in love with a girl,
with a city, and with Persian poetry. Despite his enmity with the
new and dangerous city leader, the jealousy of his fellow court
poets, and the competition for his beloved, Iran's favorite poet
remains unbothered. When his wit and charm are not enough to keep
him safe in Shiraz, his friends conspire to keep him out of
trouble. But their schemes are unsuccessful. Nothing will chase
Hafez from this city of wine and roses. In Pezeshkzad's fictional
account, Hafez's life in fourteenth-century Shiraz is a mix of
peril and humor. Set in a city that is at once beautiful and
cutthroat, the novel includes a cast of historical figures to
illuminate this elusive poet of the Persian literary tradition.
Shabani-Jadidi and Higgins's translation brings the beloved poetry
of Hafez alive for an English audience and reacquaints readers with
the comic wit and original storytelling of Pezeshkzad.
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