num_pages: 414
description: This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi more popular than ever. The Essential Rumi continues to be the bestselling of all Rumi books, and the definitive selection of his beautiful, mystical poetry.
language: English
title: The Essential Rumi
titlecomplete: The Essential Rumi
genres: Religion, Mysticism, Poetry, Philosophy, Inspirational, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Literature, Classics, Islam
ratings_count: 46250
publisher: Harper SanFrancisco