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Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Current price: $15.99
Publication Date: January 18th, 2005
Publisher:
HarperOne
ISBN:
9780060750503
Pages:
240
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Description

Rumi: The Book of Love is a collection of astonishing poems for lovers from the mystic Rumi, by the translator who made him sing anew, Coleman Barks.

Poetry and Rumi fans will want to own this gorgeously packaged compilation of love poems by the thirteenth-century Sufi mystic. Rumi is best known and most cherished as the poet of love in all its forms, and renowned poet and Rumi interpretor Coleman Barks has gathered the best of these poems in delightful and wise renderings that will open your heart and soul to the lover inside and out.

About the Author

Coleman Barks is a renowned poet and the bestselling author of The Essential Rumi, Rumi: The Big Red Book, The Soul of Rumi, Rumi: The Book of Love, and The Drowned Book. He was prominently featured in both of Bill Moyers' PBS television series on poetry, The Language of Life and Fooling with Words. He taught English and poetry at the University of Georgia for thirty years, and he now focuses on writing, readings, and performances.

Praise for Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

“Another perfect gem from the master translator of Rumi’s poetry.” — Roger Housden, author of Ten Poems to Change Your Life and Chasing Rumi

“It’s a mystery how heart can come into apparently simple English.” — Robert Bly, National Book Award-winning poet and translator