Softcover book of 380 pages with bibliography, giving a survey of Islamic literature. This rich sampling includes the period from Mohammed and the Age of Caliphs to the Mughal poetry of India and Ottoman poetry at the end of the 18th century. It encompasses the writing of mystics, poets, storytellers, biographers, visionaries, spinners of tales and proverbs. More than 40 selections in this book that serves to introduce the Western reader to the depth and breadth of the imaginative vision that Islamic writers have produced.