“Really, what other book would anyone ever need?” —Naomi Shihab Nye, author of
Honeybee
“Elegant and exquisite.” —Deepak Chopra, author of
Muhammad
,
Jesus
, and
Buddha
The Big Red Book
is a poetic masterpiece from Jalaluddin Rumi, the medieval Sufi mystic whom
Time
magazine calls “the most popular poet in America.” Readers continue to be awed and inspired by Rumi’s masterfully lyrical, deeply expressive poems, collected in volumes such as
The Illustrated Rumi
The Soul of Rumi
, and the bestselling
The Essential Rumi
. With
, acclaimed poet and Rumi interpreter Coleman Barks offers a never-before-published translation of a crucial anthology of poems widely considered to be one of Persian literature’s greatest treasures.