![]() ![]() ![]() I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure. The only two places where I can read for long stretches are in airplanes and in bed at nighttime. His heartfelt ghazals have never failed to move me, and still do today as they did when I read them as a schoolboy in Kabul.ĭescribe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). His verses of philosophy, mystical love and bold anti-establishment statements are filled with luxuriant images and magical rhythms that always enchant me. ![]() The collected “Poems of Hafez,” also called “Divan-e-Hafez.” Revered in the Persian-speaking world, Hafez is, for me, the supreme Persian poet. The author of “And the Mountains Echoed” keeps a handy copy of “I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski: Life, ‘The Big Lebowski,’ and What Have You” on his bookshelf. ![]()
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