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Title: Barks scores again
Review: The Soul of Rumi is Barks most sustained adaptations of Rumi to date. It should reach a wide audience and of special note is his translation of Book IV of the Masnavi, Rumi's masterpiece (and previously available only in Nicholson scholarly and stilted version). Barks has a way to make Rumi's rich imagery come alive in a natural American diction. In this volume Barks own natural voice is brought to the fore with acknowledgement of his own limitations and appreciation of the guidance he has found along the way, making this the most fulsome account of his own interpretations of the Persian poet.
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