Rumi's little book of love and laughter
teaching stories and fables
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Contributions
- Barks, Coleman, translator - Contributor
Publication
2016 - Hampton Roads Publishing, Virginia
Language
English
Word Count
55,750 words, Guess
Page Count
223 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiverumislittlebooko0000jall
- ISBN-101571747613
- ISBN-139781571747617
- AmazonB01KL4HSZO
- Library of Congress Control Number2016948345
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number959935041
- Better World Books9781571747617
- Open LibraryOL27232852M
Classifications
- DDC891.5511
- LCCPK6480.E5 B372 2016
- LCCPK6480.E5B372 2016
Description
Rowdy, ecstatic, and sometimes stern, these teaching stories and fables reveal new and very human properties in Rumi's vision. Included here are the notorious "Latin parts" that Reynold Nicholson felt were too unseemly to appear in English in his 1920s translation. For Rumi, anything that human beings do--however compulsive--affords a glimpse into the inner life. Here are more than 40 fables or teaching stories that deal with love, laughter, death, betrayal, and the soul. The stories are exuberant, earthy, and bursting with vitality--much like a painting by Hieronymus Bosch or Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The characters are guilty, lecherous, tricky, ribald, and finally possessors of opened souls. This is an entertaining collection from one of the greatest spiritual poets of all time, rendered by his most popular translator.
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