"Farid Ud-Din Attar was a thirteenth-century Iranian Sufi poet …wrote ecstatic verse describing the experience of mysticism. In 'The Conference of Birds', or Manteq ut-Tair, Attar explores the themes of Sufism through an allegorical story of a gathering of birds facing a difficult journey to find the Simurgh, or king of the birds. Some birds never set out, others are lost along the way, and only a few succeed in completing the journey. This particular edition has beautiful illustrations on every page." — Multicultural Review