The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition

Name: The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
ISBN: 9781982528218

Author: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Coleman Barks

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 07/03/2018

Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Middle Eastern Poetry, Ancient & Classical Poetry, Nonfiction, Religion, Islam

Synopsis

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than eighty 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.

About Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi

Rumi (1207–1273) is the foremost Sufi poet, famous for his lyrics and for his didactic epic Masnavi, a collection of mystical tales and discourse. Rumi lived in the Seldjuk capital Konya, and his influence on literature, carried by his Sufism, spread with the expansion of the Ottoman Empire and lasted centuries.

About Coleman Barks

Coleman Barks is an American poet. Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian, he is nonetheless renowned as an interpreter of Rumi and other mystic poets of Persia.

About John Moyne

John Moyne is a Persian scholar, emeritus professor, and former head of the Linguistics Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

About A. J. Arberry

Arthur John Arberry (1905–1969), as Head of the Department of Classics at Cairo University, acquired a firsthand knowledge of literary and social conditions in the Islamic Middle East. Between 1947 and 1969 he served as Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge University. Professor Arberry published some twenty books in Islamic studies during his lifetime, many dealing with mysticism and poetry.

About Reynold Nicholson

Reynold Nicholson (1868–1945) was Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge, and a distinguished editor and translator.

About Robertson Dean

Robertson Dean has recorded hundreds of audiobooks in most every genre. He's been nominated for several Audie Awards, won eight Earphones Awards, and was named one of AudioFile magazine's Best Voices of 2010. He lives in Los Angeles, where he records books and acts in film, TV, and (especially) on stage.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Koit on July 06, 2019

This was a very difficult listen, and my first word of advice is -- don't choose the audiobook! The narration was pretty bad or, at the very least, unpoetic. That for poetry is rather unsuitable. In short, I did not find this a good medium to experience Rumi and I probably missed the majority of the......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on August 05, 2022

This collection of 13th-Century Sufi mystic Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi's spiritual poetry is the revised and extended edition translated by Coleman Barks. This being my first foray into Rumi's mystical poetry, I extremely appreciated the brief introductions to each section as guideposts for greater......more

Goodreads review by Danny on June 22, 2020

I finally got around to reading, rather listening, to Rumi. I think it loses in translation. Occasionally pretty graphic.......more

Goodreads review by Árni on June 18, 2024

Ljóð halda merkingu lauslega, eins og steinn í slöngvu. Við skjótum þeim fram, restin er stjórnlaus. Léleg þýðing~......more

Goodreads review by Fahad on December 23, 2023

better read than listened to i also believe its charm and meaning is often lost in translation......more

Quotes

“The thirteenth-century Persian mystic’s words continue to resonate, particularly in this translation, which offers a remarkably contemporary voice.” Oprah.com

“The Essential Rumi is a rare and precious book that will stir the hearts of Rumi devotees and win many new converts.” Body Mind Spirit

“Delightful…Barks sparklingly demonstrates once again why his free-form interpretations of [Rumi’s] poetry…have been a major impetus for the current Rumi vogue.” Publishers Weekly

“If Rumi is the 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, bestselling author of The World’s Religions