Father and Sons (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780934211536)

Volume 2 opens and closes with tales of tragic conflict between a king and his son: Prince Seyavash and Prince Esfandiyar are both driven from the court by their foolish fathers to confront destiny and death in distant lands. Interwoven with Seyavash's story is the tale of his stepmother Sudabeh's lust for her young stepson, and of his escape from her tricks by the famous trial by fire; Esfandiyar's story involves the last combat of the great Rostam, a fight to the death which leads to Rostam's own demise at the hands of his evil brother Shaghad. Between these two stories the reader travels through a wondrous landscape of romance, demons, heroic despair and mystical renunciation of the world.

Author: Firdawsei
ISBN-10: 0934211531
ISBN-13: 9780934211536
Publisher: Mage Publishers
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2002
Pages: 311
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.80lbs
Size: 11.32h x 7.41w x 1.09d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2000 pg. 1573
Library Journal 11/01/2000 pg. 80
Choice 02/01/2001 pg. 1077