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The Essential Rumi - Reissue

Name: The Essential Rumi - Reissue
ISBN: 9780062509598

New Expanded Edition

Coleman Barks

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 28, 2004

Reading lane: Inspirational Poetry

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

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Poetry to Linger Over

Lyrical translations bring Rumi’s ecstatic, spiritual poetry within reach.

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A contemplative way into mystical poetry
Language that moves between the spiritual and the ecstatic

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A revised edition with more than 80 previously unpublished poems
A new introduction by Coleman Barks

Book Details

Authors: Coleman Barks
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: May 28, 2004
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Inspirational Poetry · European Poetry
Reading lane: Inspirational Poetry

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About This Book

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

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