Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing by Barks, Coleman (9780060523169)

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

by Barks, Coleman

Hardcover - English

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.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0060523166

EAN

9780060523169

Publisher

HARPER ONE

Publication Date

07 Jan 2003

Pages

240

Weight (kg)

0.34

Dimensions (cm)

21.1 x 14.5 x 2.5

About Author

Coleman Barksis a renowned poet and the bestselling author of The Essential Rumi, The Soul of Rumi, Rumi: The Book of Love, and The Drowned Book. He was prominently featured in both of Bill Moyers's 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. This book is the culmination of over thirty years of Barks's work on Rumi's seminal classic.