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Rumi's Daughter
Muriel Maufroy
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Description for Rumi's Daughter
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Rumi is now acknowledged as one of the great mystical poets of the Western world, with huge sales of the many collections of his poetry. Not much is known about his life except that he lived in thirteenth-century Anatolia (now Turkey), had a great spiritual friendship with a wild man called Shams, brought an adopted daughter into his family, and was distraught when Shams finally disappeared. Rumi's Daughter is the delightful novel about Kimya, the girl who was sent from her rural village to live in Rumi's home. She already had mystical tendencies, and learned a ... Read more
Rumi is now acknowledged as one of the great mystical poets of the Western world, with huge sales of the many collections of his poetry. Not much is known about his life except that he lived in thirteenth-century Anatolia (now Turkey), had a great spiritual friendship with a wild man called Shams, brought an adopted daughter into his family, and was distraught when Shams finally disappeared. Rumi's Daughter is the delightful novel about Kimya, the girl who was sent from her rural village to live in Rumi's home. She already had mystical tendencies, and learned a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844135837
SKU
V9781844135837
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About Muriel Maufroy
Born and raised in France, Muriel Maufroy worked as a journalist for the BBC World Service for many years. She has a BA in Persian with First Class Honours from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and has published a book of Rumi's quotations called Breathing Truth. She lives in London.
Reviews for Rumi's Daughter
An intriguing, passionate story, beautifully and simply told and full of extraordinary wisdom
Sunday Telegraph
An exquisite evocation of a young woman's spiritual awakening- A poetic gift of the creative imagination as translucent and refreshing as water from a mountain stream.
Anne Baring, co-author, The Myth of the Goddess
A beautiful little ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
An exquisite evocation of a young woman's spiritual awakening- A poetic gift of the creative imagination as translucent and refreshing as water from a mountain stream.
Anne Baring, co-author, The Myth of the Goddess
A beautiful little ... Read more