Rumi, the big red book : the great masterpiece celebrating mystical love and friendship : odes and quatrains from the Shams
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Barks, Coleman, translator.
Published
New York : HarperOne, 2011.
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Book
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492 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : HarperOne, 2011.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Rumi's "Divani Shamsi Tabriz" ("The Works of Shams of Tabriz"--Named in honor of Rumi's spiritual teacher and friend) is a collection of lyric poems that contain more than 40,000 verses by America's bestselling poet, and is a classic of Persian literature. Its most familiar form is as a big red book, hence the name. Coleman Barks is famous for his renderings of Rumi's poetry and his work on these particular poems has never been published anywhere. This book represents over thirty-three years on Rumi's seminal classic"-
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Translated from the Persian.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī., & Barks, C. (2011). Rumi, the big red book: the great masterpiece celebrating mystical love and friendship : odes and quatrains from the Shams . HarperOne.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, 1207-1273 and Coleman, Barks. 2011. Rumi, the Big Red Book: The Great Masterpiece Celebrating Mystical Love and Friendship : Odes and Quatrains From the Shams. HarperOne.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, 1207-1273 and Coleman, Barks. Rumi, the Big Red Book: The Great Masterpiece Celebrating Mystical Love and Friendship : Odes and Quatrains From the Shams HarperOne, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, and Coleman Barks. Rumi, the Big Red Book: The Great Masterpiece Celebrating Mystical Love and Friendship : Odes and Quatrains From the Shams HarperOne, 2011.

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