Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
Poetry / History
Shahnameh
by Ferdowsi
—· 928 p· 1993
Literary Canon20th Century Classicadventurousphilosophicalreflective
Overview
About
Shahnameh is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. It is considered as one of the greatest Persian epics.
Pages
928
Viking Adult
Linguistic complexity
5/5
Very Dense
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Worldbuilding10
Prose10
Mythic Scope10
Cultural Significance10
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Pacing7
Plot twists6
My journey
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