The book offer entrance into a world and beauty and truth. Its method is two-fold. First it presents five important lectures on Persian poetry given by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, who brought Sufis to the West. Then it offers fresh translations by the poet Coleman Barks of some of the poetry Inayat Khan discusses, designed to provide readers with ready access to at least a sample of this wondrous literature, still not easy to find in English. Thus the book presents a brief, but reasonably comprehensive, introduction to one ...
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The book offer entrance into a world and beauty and truth. Its method is two-fold. First it presents five important lectures on Persian poetry given by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, who brought Sufis to the West. Then it offers fresh translations by the poet Coleman Barks of some of the poetry Inayat Khan discusses, designed to provide readers with ready access to at least a sample of this wondrous literature, still not easy to find in English. Thus the book presents a brief, but reasonably comprehensive, introduction to one of the great literatures of the world, until recently ignored in the West.
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Very Good. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; 1st print paperback, absolutely NO age toning, no creases no slant, tight clean unmarked, light edge wear on covers, Very Good or better.
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Fair. Moderate to heavy shelf wear to covers. Binding square and tight. Minor creasing to spine. Minor highlighting, notation, and/or underlining. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.
