About this title: A San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, The Essential Rumi translates the estatic poetry of the famed twelfth-century Sufi mystic Jelaluddin Rumi".The gold of Rumi pours down through Coleman's words".--Jack Kornfield. "(A) delightful treasury".--Publishers Weekly.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very good. 2000 HarperCollins Reprint Softcover(Trade PB) Edition. Some wear to cover, several dog-eared pages, small spots/tanning to page edges due to age, text clean with strong binding. Ships Fast! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne
Date Published: 1997-01-10
ISBN-13:9780062509598ISBN:0062509594
Description: New. New paperback book with light shelf wear. We ship 6 days a week, generally within 24 hours; single CDs and DVDs upgraded to 1st class! read more
Description: Brand New. Paperback. A comprehensive collection of ecstatic poetry that delights with its energy and passion, The Essential Rumi brings the vibrant, living words of famed thirteenth century Sufi mystic Jelalludin Rumi to contemporary readers. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harperone
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780062509598ISBN:0062509594
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Audience: General/trade. WE SHIP FAST! ! ! Personally inspected and found some creased/folded over corners and pages. Otherwise in good condition. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco-QBC Edition, CA
Date Published: 1995
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Slight general shelfwear. The pages are supple/clean, the binding secure. 299 p. Audience: General/trade. Translated by Coleman Barks, Introduction by Huston Smith. read more
Description: New. A San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, The Essential Rumi translates the estatic poetry of the famed twelfth-century Sufi mystic Jelaluddin Rumi". The gold of Rumi pours down through Coleman's words". --Jack Kornfield. "(A) delightful treasury". --Publis... 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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