Conference of the Birds

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This “picture book for adults” is Peter Sís‘ adaptation of 13th century Persian poem by Farid Us-Din Attar. Mystical and philosophical search for answers only to realize they lie within. But not until a long journey comes to an end. I am very curious about the full text of the poem. The art is absolutely beautiful.

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Caterina

Conference of the Birds | Peter Sis

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@CounterfeitNickel and I did a dinner + used bookstore date last night and picked up this beautiful book, then read it together last night. The illustrations are gorgeous, the pages are thick and textured, and the story (a take on a 12th c. Persian epic) magical and weird. Glad we bumped into this! I'd like the read the translated original next. Off to a good start with my #BFC21 goal of reading for fun and my #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter reading!

Caterina @Clwojick 3y

Emilymdxn This sounds incredible! 3y

kspenmoll I love his books. 💕 3y

Clwojick Awesome job! 🧡 3y

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GatheringBooks

Conference of the Birds | Peter Sis

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#MusicalNewYear Day 11: For #FeedTheBirds, here is an illustrated version of Persian poet, Farid Ud-Din Attar‘s poem. In this epic poem, Attar imagined himself transformed into a hoopoe bird, holding a conference with all the other birds in the universe to seek answers to life‘s most important questions from “a king who has all the answers.” My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-j0A

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Cinfhen How beautiful and perfect for today💜🧡❤️💛💚 6y

rockpools 😍That‘s beautiful! 6y

vivastory You always post such great illustrations! 6y

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Debiw781

Conference of the Birds | Peter Sis

Makes me think of Hitchcock‘s movie, The Birds....

#creepy
#birdsscareme
#alfredhitchcock

Morr_Books Creepy indeed!!! 7y

tjwill 😱 7y

corycatelyn I was a stop light the other day when all the birds came down 😲 7y

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Lreads Whenever I see birds like that I think of Pixar's short film "For The Birds" which always makes me smile. ? 7y

Debiw781 @QuietlyLaura oh, that‘s a good one to try to replace my Hitchcock-induced fear! 7y

Debiw781 @Morr_Books @tjwill @corycatelyn I‘ve seen them in bigger groups before but this one shocked me since it was right overhead. 7y

MariettaSG Horror😱 7y

Gissy Yeah! 😱😱😱 7y

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VanChocStrawberry

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This book is GORGEOUS, from its detailed illustrations to the thick, textured paper it‘s printed on. Wow!

Another suggestion from @bookriot ‘s Get Booked podcast.

Read for #24in48

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Iceangel9

Conference of the Birds | Peter Sis

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Gorgeous illustrations, great story!

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haileybean

Conference of the Birds | Peter Sis

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I had never heard of this poem and found this book by happy accident in the art section of the book store. I read it in one sitting and I KNOW I'm going to be going through it and reading it again

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LindsayReads

Conference of the Birds | Peter Sis

This is one of the most beautiful books I own, inside and out. It is an adaptation of the epic poem by the same name by Farid Ud-Din Attar. The materials used in the first edition are particularly stunning (I've attempted to capture it up close). I return to it often for its message; I've only read parts of the original, but I look forward to hopefully reading it in full this year as part of #ReadHarder. #somethingpretty #riotgrams
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