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Book Title: Attar and the Persian Sufi Tradition : the Art of Spiritual Flight
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: C. Shackle, L. Lewisohn
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Middle Eastern, Islam / Sufi, Ancient & Classical
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Literary Criticism, Religion, Poetry
Item Weight: 15.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
