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Rumi [Book] : the big red book : the great masterpiece celebrating mystical love and friendship / the collected translations of Coleman Barks, based on the work of John Moyne ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Persian Publication details: New York : HarperOne, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 492 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780061905827 (hardback)
  • 0061905828 (hardback)
Uniform titles:
  • Dåivåan-i Shams-i Tabråizåi. Selections. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 891 .5511 22
Other classification:
  • 891.5511
Summary: "Rumi's "Divani Shamsi Tabriz" ("The Works of Shams of Tabriz"--Named in honor of Rumi's spiritual teacher and friend) is a collection of lyric poems that contain more than 40,000 verses by America's bestselling poet, and is a classic of Persian literature. Its most familiar form is as a big red book, hence the name. Coleman Barks is famous for his renderings of Rumi's poetry and his work on these particular poems has never been published anywhere. This book represents over thirty-three years on Rumi's seminal classic"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Odes and Quatrains from The Shams."

Translated from the Persian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Rumi's "Divani Shamsi Tabriz" ("The Works of Shams of Tabriz"--Named in honor of Rumi's spiritual teacher and friend) is a collection of lyric poems that contain more than 40,000 verses by America's bestselling poet, and is a classic of Persian literature. Its most familiar form is as a big red book, hence the name. Coleman Barks is famous for his renderings of Rumi's poetry and his work on these particular poems has never been published anywhere. This book represents over thirty-three years on Rumi's seminal classic"-- Provided by publisher.

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