A review by caomhghin
Vis and Ramin by Fakhraddin Gorgani

5.0

The translation is wonderful. I was expecting something closer to a medieval romance but found a rather different genre. The plot is secondary to the exposition which is many layered, richly decorative and often psychologically subtle. The exchange of conversations between Vis and Ramin before their final reconcialiation is masterful yet not at all realistic - rhetorical in the finest sense, bedecked with rich images, sensuous.

A perfect book.