The Parrot and the Merchant by Marjan Vafaeian, translated by Azita Rassi [in Shelf Awareness]
03 Jun, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Persian, Repost, Translation
An avid collector, Persian merchant Mah Jahan's most precious possessions are her birds. Despite her devotion, "she kept them in cages or chains so that they couldn't fly away and leave her." Most beloved is "a beautiful bright parrot," favored because "the parrot had learned...