In the Shadow of Trees: The Collected Poetry of Abbas Kiarostami

Between 2006 and 2011, Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami released his selections from and adaptations of four masters of Persian poetry: Nima (1895-1960), Hafez, Saadi and Rumi (all from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries). In 2015, shortly before his death, Kiarostami published two further volumes, the thematic anthology Night, his selections from a variety of classical and contemporary poets. These books are in addition to his three volumes of original verse: A Wolf on Watch (2005), With the Wind (2006) and Wind and Leaf (2011). In the Shadow of Trees brings together English translations of all these books.

• | Author: Abbas Kiarostami, Paul Cronin
• | Publisher: Sticking Place Books
• | Publication Date: Oct 17, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 670 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1942782292
• | ISBN-13: 9781942782292