Description

Iran has mountains striped with snow, dense forests where bears and lynxes still roam, deserts, bazaars…but above all it has stories – of fairies and demons, of a monstrous metal eagle called the okab, of romantic cockroaches and foolish weavers. During her travels, Elizabeth Laird has gathered a wealth of stories, and here she retells, in her own inimitable style, some of Iran’s best, with delightfully offbeat illustrations from Shirin Adl.