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The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition

By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Coleman Barks - translator, John Moyne - translator, A. J. Arberry - translator, Reynold Nicholson - translator
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems.

Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of listeners, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of 13th-century Sufi mystic Rumi more popular than ever.

The Essential Rumi continues to be the best-selling of all Rumi books and the definitive selection of his beautiful, mystical poetry.

©2018 Coleman Barks, John Moyne, A.J. Arberry, Reynold Nicholson (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Islam Middle Eastern Poetry Spirituality Themes & Styles World Literature Middle East Meditation Classics Classic Poetry Persian Poetry
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Listening is lovely experience taking you closer to the eternal source
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Personally a disappointing book, awash with personal interpretation, unnecessarily saccharin it lacks the depth , discipline and cadence I personally find in Rumis work .
A bit like a born again bible reading .

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