Rumi: The Big Red Book: The Great Masterpiece Celebrating Mystical Love and Friendship [Paperback]

Really, what other book would anyone ever need? Naomi Shihab Nye, author ofHoneybee

Elegant and exquisite. Deepak Chopra, author ofMuhammad,Jesus, andBuddha

The Big Red Bookis a poetic masterpiece from Jalaluddin Rumi, the medieval Sufi mystic whomTimemagazine calls the most popular poet in America. Readers continue to be awed and inspired by Rumis masterfully lyrical, deeply expressive spiritual poetry, collected in volumes such asThe Illustrated Rumi,The Soul of Rumi, and the bestsellingThe Essential Rumi. WithThe 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 literatures greatest treasures.

This landmark collection from the celebrated interpreter of Rumi, Coleman Barks, reveals the timeless essence of mystical love and friendship:

• A Landmark Translation:Finally in English, this collection offers a never-before-published translation of poems widely considered a treasure of Persian literature.
• The Ecstatic Poetry of Rumi:Discover masterfully lyrical and deeply expressive odes (ghazals) and quatrains (rubai) that have inspired readers for centuries.
• The Mystical Friendship:Journey to the heart of Rumi's work, which grew out of his transformative connection with his spiritual companion, Shams of Tabriz.
• Sufi Wisdom:Acclaimed poet and interpreter Coleman Barks provides an essential gateway into the world of the medieval Sufi mystic and his teachings on love, life, and the divine.

Considered one of the masterpieces of world literature,The Big Red Bookis perhaps the greatest work of Rumi, the medieval Sufi mystic who also happens to be the bestselling poet in America.

Rumi was born in 1207 to a long line of Islamic theologians and lawyers on the ela