Risultati per "Rumi" in Classici

En modern klassiker! Virginia Woolfs genombrottsroman är en banbrytande och gripande berättelse om en ung mans kamp för att hitta sin plats i en värld styrd av sociala normer och konventioner. Genom ögonen på de kvinnor som står honom närmast får vi följa Jacob Flanders liv i det tidiga 1900-talets England – från barndomen i en idyllisk kustby till studier vid Cambridge och sökandet efter mening och identitet i Londons bohemiska konstliv. Genom Woolfs poetiska och djupt psykologiska skildring bjuds läsaren in i Jacobs värld och får ta del av hans kärlek, sorg, glädje och smärta.

How does a body of poetry written in a remote part of the world find its way to best seller lists in the U.S. over 700 years later? What is the compelling quality inherent in great literature that resonates throughout the ages? Coleman Barks, poet and translator of Jelalludin Rumi's poetry, explores the genius, mystery and rapture of Rumi's work; why he has become the most-read poet in America, and what his poetry has in common with the immortal writings of Dickinson, Emerson and Thoreau.

**National Bestseller **New York Times Notable Book “Nobody tells you that reading Hunter S. Thompson novels as a young adult male while serving in the military is a potentially very bad idea. Some things you simply must absorb and learn on your own.” —Sturgill Simpson Made into a major...

**National Bestseller **New York Times Notable Book “Nobody tells you that reading Hunter S. Thompson novels as a young adult male while serving in the military is a potentially very bad idea. Some things you simply must absorb and learn on your own.” —Sturgill Simpson Made into a major...

Brought to you by Penguin. First published in 1956, The Ascent of Rum Doodle quickly became established as a mountaineering classic. As an outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, many thought it inspired by the 1953 conquest of Everest. But Bowman had drawn on...