Rumi's Little Book of Love and Laughter: Teaching Stories and Fables

by Coleman Barks

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571747613
• ISBN13: 9781571747617
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.0"