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The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
- Narrator
- Robertson Dean
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 3 July 2018
- Run Time
- 9 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than eighty 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.
Critics Review
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“The thirteenth-century Persian mystic’s words continue to resonate, particularly in this translation, which offers a remarkably contemporary voice.”
Oprah.com
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“The Essential Rumi is a rare and precious book that will stir the hearts of Rumi devotees and win many new converts.”
Body Mind Spirit
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“Delightful…Barks sparklingly demonstrates once again why his free-form interpretations of [Rumi’s] poetry…have been a major impetus for the current Rumi vogue.”
Publishers Weekly
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“If Rumi is the most-read poet in America today, Coleman Barks is in good part responsible. His ear for the truly divine madness in Rumi’s poetry is truly remarkable.”
Huston Smith, bestselling author of The World’s Religions
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Details
- Author
- Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Narrator
- Robertson Dean
- Duration
- 9 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 July 2018
- ISBN
- 9781982528218
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Poetry, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Poetry, Islamic groups: Sufis
Synopsis
This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than eighty 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.
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