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Rumi's Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit
Written by Rumi
Narrated by Natasha Soudek
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Previously unavailable in English, this beautiful collection of almost two hundred poems focuses on one of life’s core issues: coming to grips with the inner life.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRed Wheel Weiser
TranslatorMaryam Mafi and Azima Melita Kolin
Release dateDec 8, 2020
ISBN9781666546309
Author
Rumi
Rumi was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thank you so much I love it and I learn to be the music of god ?
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I love the book I Rumi. But the reader Murders his words. She takes all the love and the romance and the soul from Rumi's work. She sounds like a kindergarten garden teacher reading to five year olds. I ordered the book so I can read it to myself. Sorry...