The Glance: Songs of Soul-Meeting - Paperback
$17.99
$24.00
-25%Quantity
01
Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with
Availability:In StockContributor:Jalaloddin Rumi, Coleman Barks (Translator), Nevit Ergin (Translator)Series:CompassAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2001-09-01Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780141002316ISBN-10:014100231XUPC:9780141002316Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Ancient & Classical, Middle EasternBook Topic:ReligiousSize:8.51 x 5.06 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.3197Product ID:SC9X25PB2N
The Glance: Songs of Soul-Meeting
In 1244, the brilliant poet Rumi and the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz met and immediately fell into a deep spiritual connection. The Glance taps a major, yet little explored theme in Rumi's poetry-the mystical experience that occurs in the meeting of the eyes of the lover and the beloved, parent and child, friend and soul mate. Coleman Barks's new translations of these powerful and complex...
Series: Compass
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780141002316ISBN-10:014100231XUPC:9780141002316Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Ancient & Classical, Middle EasternBook Topic:ReligiousSize:8.51 x 5.06 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.3197Product ID:SC9X25PB2N
Called 'Jelaluddin Balkhi' by the Persians and Afghans, Rumi was born on September 30, 1207, in Balkh, Afghanistan, then a part of the Persian Empire. Between 1215 and 1220, he and his family fled the threat of the invading Mongols and emigrated to Konya, Turkey; it was sometime after this that he became known as 'Rumi' meaning 'from Roman Anatolia'. His father, Bahauddin Walad, was a theologian...
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Contributor(s)
Jalaloddin Rumi, Coleman Barks (Translator), Nevit Ergin (Translator)
Author
Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.