The Vision of Rumi: Revealing the Masnavi, Persia's Great Masterpiece
- ISBN-10
- 1780766254
- ISBN-13
- 9781780766256
- Category
- Mysticism
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-30
- Author
- Alan Williams
Description
The 'Masnavi' is the six-volume masterpiece created by one of the world's greatest poetic geniuses, Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273). Alan Williams here offers a novel approach to reading and understanding this great jewel of world literature.
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