The Essential Rumi

by Jalal al-Din Rumi

Other authorsColeman Barks (Translator), A. J. Arberry (Translator), John Moyne (Translator), Reynold Nicholson (Translator)
Hardcover, 1997

Status

Available

Publication

Castle Books (1997), Edition: New Ed, 302 pages

Description

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi more popular than ever. The Essential Rumi continues to be the bestselling of all Rumi books, and the definitive selection of his beautiful, mystical poetry.

Language

ISBN

078580871X / 9780785808718

Library's review

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems.

Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers,
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making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi more popular than ever.

The Essential Rumi continues to be the bestselling of all Rumi books, and the definitive selection of his beautiful, mystical poetry.
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Rating

(487 ratings; 4.3)

Pages

302
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