The Essential Rumi
Translated by Coleman Barks, 388 Pages, Paperback.
A comprehensive collection of ecstatic poetry filled with energy and passion, The Essential Rumi brings the vibrant, living words of famed thirteenth-century sufi mystic Jelalludin Rumi to contemporary readers.
"if Rumi is most read poet in America today, Coleman Barks is in good part responsible. His ear for the truly divine madness in Rumi's poetry is truly remarkable", Huston Smith, author of "The World's Religions".
A comprehensive collection of ecstatic poetry filled with energy and passion, The Essential Rumi brings the vibrant, living words of famed thirteenth-century sufi mystic Jelalludin Rumi to contemporary readers.
"if Rumi is most read poet in America today, Coleman Barks is in good part responsible. His ear for the truly divine madness in Rumi's poetry is truly remarkable", Huston Smith, author of "The World's Religions".
