Rumi'S Little Book of Love and Laughter

Teaching Stories and Fables

Coleman Barks (Coleman Barks)

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Hampton Roads Publishing Co
09 December 2016

Poetry; Sufism & Islamic mysticism

"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.

Barks writes: ""These teaching stories are a kind of scrimshaw--intricately carved, busy figures, confused and threatening, and weirdly funny.

This is an entertaining collection from one of the greatest spiritual poets of all time, rendered by his most popular translator.

""The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.""--Rumi"

By: Coleman Barks (Coleman Barks)
Imprint: Hampton Roads Publishing Co
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 15mm
ISBN: 9781571747617
ISBN 10: 1571747613
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 09 December 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Coleman Barks is an American poet, a former lecturer at the University of Georgia and a renowned interpreter of Rumi and other mystic poets. He makes frequent international appearances and is well-known throughout the Middle East. His work has contributed to the creation of a strong Rumi following in the English-speaking world and the dissemination of Sufi ideas across many cultural boundaries.