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Cover illustration: Untitled painting by Sohrab Sepehri (1928–1980) signed in Persian (lower right), oil on canvas 100 × 70cm. Painted circa mid-1960s. Credits: The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.
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Names: Sipihrī, Suhrāb, author. | Shabani-Jadidi, Pouneh, editor. | Keshavmurthy, Prashant, editor. | Sipihrī, Suhrāb. Poems. English. | Sipihrī, Suhrāb. Poems.
Title: The eight books : a complete English translation / by Sohrab Sepehri ; translated by Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi, Prashant Keshavmurthy.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | In English and Persian.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021044558 (print) | LCCN 2021044559 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004472372 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004472389 (ebook)
Classification: LCC PK6561.S559 A2 2022 (print) | LCC PK6561.S559 (ebook) | DDC 891/.5513–dc23
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