The Shahnameh , a 1,000-year old Persian epic , is a cultural icon in Iran . Enter `` Shahnameh '' , or Book of Kings , a literary epic so large ( the largest , in fact ) that it measures the length of Homer 's `` Iliad '' and `` Odyssey '' combined . Iranian filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian recently released a contemporary , illustrated novel . Each page is composed of thousands of images scanned from Persian manuscripts and lithographs . The story is made up of strong women who ` ` sexually conquer '' their men .
The Shahnameh , a 1,000-year old Persian epic , is a cultural icon in Iran . Iranian filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian recently released a contemporary , illustrated novel . Each page is composed of thousands of images scanned from Persian manuscripts and lithographs . The story is made up of strong women who ` ` sexually conquer '' their men .