ISBN: 9781889625041 Year Added to Catalog: 2004 Book Format: Paperback Book Art: 300 short poems, 32 original Persian calligraphy illustrations, photos, index referenced to original Persian Number of Pages: 5.5 x 8.5, 255 pages Book Publisher: Cal-Earth Press Old ISBN: 1889625043 Release Date: June 12, 2002
Why is a 700-hundred-year-old Sufi mystic one of the best-selling poets in America today? Rumi's verses embrace human and spiritual truths fearlessly and without regard to social convention. This volume contains more than 300 translations of the poet's short poems and 32 plates of original Persian calligraphy as well as a description of the life of the poet.
About the Author
Nader Khalili
Nader Khalili, an Iranian-born California architect and author, is the designer and innovator of the Geltaftan Earth-and-Fire System known as "ceramic houses" as well as the Superadobe building technologies. He received his education in Iran, Turkey, and the United States, and has been a licensed architect in California since 1970. In 1975, he closed his successful practice in the United States and Iran designing high-rise buildings and journeyed by motorcycle for five years through the Iranian desert, where he worked closely with local villagers to develop his earth architecture prototypes. His impressions have been collected in his book Racing Alone. ...
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