Damezin Yann - Majnun And Layla: Songs From Beyond The Grave - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: The classic Persian poem of romance and tragedy captured as a sumptuous and richly colourful graphic novel inspired by traditional art of the region. It is a story known around the world. Born of an Arabic tale it has been interpreted hundreds of times in Persian Turkish and Indian languages. It has influenced playwrights composers filmmakers scholars modern popular language the first opera of Islamic origin and individuals as varied as Aleister Crowley and Eric Clapton. The tragic tale of love unfulfilled - Majnun and Layla. Qais and Layla were madly in love. So in love it has been said that the young man could not contain his passion for his beloved singing to the winds with such fervour he was given the nickname Majnun The Madman. But their love could not be as the lovers were separated by fate and man leading to a tragic end for these star - crossed souls. Experience the classic Persian poem as painted in the lush palette of artist Yann Damezin. Through his brush we see a decadent and sensorial world one as raw and vulnerable as the love between the Majnun and his Layla.
Title: Majnun And Layla: Songs From Beyond The Grave
Author(s): Damezin Yann
Publisher: Humanoids Inc
Barcode: 9781643379487
Pages: 184 Pages
Publication Date: 11/28/2023
Category: Graphic Novels: True Stories & Non-Fiction