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Title: THIS IS NOT THE FULL TEXT
Review: Before anyone becomes excited that the Shahnameh has finally been made available - don't. It hasn't. This text is not noted as being abridged because it isn't, technically. Instead large swaths of untold length have been summarized in a paragraph or two as, according to the translator, he found them of lesser importance and gosh, the poem is really long. (Actually, the review does say, "most complete version available" or something like that. This apparently is meant to be read as 'translator's selection'.)I myself am no great scholar of Persian texts so I will leave a review of what has been included in the text to someone more familiar with the Shahnameh's various versions than myself. My two stars are because I felt like there was no fair warning that this was an abbreviated version.
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