{"product_id":"fate-the-hunter-9781479834259","title":"Fate the Hunter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich anthology of pre-Islamic and early Islamic poetry on the beauties and perils of the hunt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the poems of \u003ci\u003eFate the Hunte\u003c\/i\u003er, many of them translated into English for the first time, trained cheetahs chase oryx, and goshawks glare from falconers’ arms, while archers stalk their prey across the desert plains and mountain ravines of the Arabian peninsula. With this collection, James E. Montgomery, acclaimed translator of \u003ci\u003eWar Songs \u003c\/i\u003eby ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād, offers a new edition and translation of twenty-six early works of hunting poetry, or \u003ci\u003eṭardiyyāt\u003c\/i\u003e. Included here are poems by pre-Islamic poets such as Imruʾ al-Qays and al-Shanfarā, as well as poets from the Umayyad era such as al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk. The volume concludes with the earliest extant epistle about hunting, written by ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib, a master of Arabic prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the eyes of the poet, the hunter’s pursuit of the quarry mirrors Fate’s pursuit of both humans and nonhumans and highlights the ambiguity of the encounter. With breathtaking descriptions of falcons, gazelles, and saluki gazehounds, the poems in \u003ci\u003eFate the Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e capture the drama and tension of the hunt while offering meditations on Fate, mortality, and death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn English-only edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James E. Montgomery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274203083003,"sku":"9781479834259","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_da6d71b2-3780-44db-ada2-4736e944259e.jpg?v=1780460081","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/fate-the-hunter-9781479834259","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}