Shahnameh The Persian Book of Kings
From what I've been able to gather, the Shahnameh is the Persian national epic, written by a man named Ferdowsi, which is as impressive for it's quality as for it's massive size, weighing in at over 60,000 couplets. I've read some of it, and it compares favorably with other epics such as The Odyssey and The Divine Comedy. Unfortunately, there is no complete verse translation in English, but Jerome W. Clinton has released some excellent extracts from key parts of the epic. http://www.amazon.com/Tragedy-Sohrab...5572587&sr=1-1
Do yourselves a favor and read this if you haven't already.
Has anybody else read this book? What did you think?