About this title: In the early 13th century, Jalauddin Rumi was already an accomplished scholar when he encountered a visiting dervish who changed his life. After a spiritual reckoning, Rumi began writing mystic poems that celebrate an intimate relationship with the holy. Here, Barks, the poet and translator largely responsible for Rumi's rather amazing late-20th-century American popularity, offers a selection of his most vivid and ecstatic poems.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Castle Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780785808718ISBN:078580871X
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Quality Paperback Books
Date Published: 1998
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover; VG condition; some light shelfwear. 302 p. (shelf b113); "Jelaluddin Rumi was born in 1207 and until the age of thirty-seven was a brilliant scholar and teacher. But his life changed forever when he met the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz"; read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Castle Books
Date Published: 1997-08
ISBN-13:9780785808718ISBN:078580871X
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Mild bumping and wear from handling; Slight soiling to page edges; DJ has minimal rubbing and wear to covers and spine; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, New York
Date Published: 1998
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Wraps have light wear, spine is unbent. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Book Sales, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780785808718ISBN:078580871X
Description: Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Very light bumping at spine ends, otherwise binding is straight and tight, book is unmarked. Excellent dust jacket has a small tear and bump on lower edge, in a new Mylar protective cover. read more
Edition: Edition or Printing Not Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Book Sales, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780785808718ISBN:078580871X
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine Price Intact jacket. 8 1/2 X 5 1/4. Pages are firm, bright, and clean. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector. Binding firm and straight. Boards peripheral edges and corners unworn. No apparent wear. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club, New York
Date Published: 1998
Description: Fine. 8vo. 1998, Quality Paperback Book Club. A FINE, Unread copy. No writing or other markings, no soiling, no creases tears or other flaws. In NEW condition. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4"; xxiii + 302 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club, New York
Date Published: 1995
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket; Light cover wear. Appears unread. Binding tight, text clean. Due to size and/or weight of the book I can only ship it domestic mail. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. 14674. 302 pages; D-2-14-09. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Castle Books, New Jersey
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780785808718ISBN:078580871X
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Reprint edition. Translation by Coleman Barks and others. NF/NF. Hardcover; quarter cloth and paper over boards; gilt titles; 302 pp.; a hint of shelfwear, else a clean, crisp copy. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
"I was more than a little irritated at this book: I don't want Coleman Barks' interpretations of Rumi, I want Rumi's words. Barks doesn't understand Persian and didn't translate any of Rumi's work, but he takes existing translations of Rumi and reworks them. What Barks is doing is akin to a DJ mixing someone else's remix into their own DJ set, and then trying to pass that off as the original material. If you're going to practice that form of collage, don't market it as anything else; let the collage stand as its own work. The fact that Barks is an acolyte of Robert "strip all subtlety and sensuality from erotic works and make them blatant and hypersexed" Bly doesn't help matters either."
"Rumi creates exquisite prose for god and his appreciation of life. While I have read more passionate translations of Rumi's work, I still recommend Roberts' anthology and enjoyed his discussions of Rumi's attentions to and admiration of Shams of Tabriz. Rumi's intense connection to Shams resonates and stirs the poet within. Ohhh..."
"Rumi is better than any prophet or messiah. Always comforting and never condemning, Rumi is accessible to anyone of any faith, or even no faith in particular. I've worn my first hardcover out. It's gotten so bad that I can recite some of his stuff verbatim. So I'll stop now before I start reciting."
"This is always by my bed--when I haven't returned it to the library again--because it gracefully and fiercely reminds me of what it means to be alive, to long for truth and love, to open my heart again and again even when the wind is blowing wickedly all around me."
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