The soul of Rumi a new collection of ecstatic poems
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Persian |
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San Francisco :
HarperSanFrancisco,
2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Physical Description: | 425 p. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0060604530 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Author Notes: | Barks received the New England/Breadloaf Quarterly Narrative Poem Prize and the Southern Poetry Review's Guy Owen Award. His collections of poetry include The Juice and Gourd Seed. Barks is perhaps better known as a translator of the poet Rumi, a thirteenth century Mystic. Rumi is cpnsidered the greatest mystic of the Sufi religion and wrote extensively in Farsi, the language of Iran. (Bowker Author Biography) |
