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Rumi : 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:
  • 0061905828 (hardback)
  • 9780061905827 (hardback)
Uniform titles:
  • Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī. English. Selections
Subject(s): 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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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 891.5511 J26 Available water damage on top edge of pages by spine. 5/13/17 33111006300269
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Really, what other book would anyone ever need?" --Naomi Shihab Nye, author of Honeybee

"Elegant and exquisite." --Deepak Chopra, author of Muhammad, Jesus, and Buddha

The Big Red Book is a poetic masterpiece from Jalaluddin Rumi, the medieval Sufi mystic whom Time magazine calls "the most popular poet in America." Readers continue to be awed and inspired by Rumi's masterfully lyrical, deeply expressive poems, collected in volumes such as The Illustrated Rumi, The Soul of Rumi, and the bestselling The Essential Rumi. With The Big Red Book, acclaimed poet and Rumi interpreter Coleman Barks offers a never-before-published translation of a crucial anthology of poems widely considered to be one of Persian literature's greatest treasures.

"Odes and Quatrains from The Shams."

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.

Translated from the Persian.

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