Nightingales Under the Snow (Paperback)

~ (Author), Javad Nurbakhsh (Foreword)

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This book of poems by the late Anne Marie Schimmel, is an inspired reminiscence of places, events, myths and characters recounted from the viewpoint of a life unusually led. Written between 1974 and 1994, the poems are influenced particularly by the verses of Rumi, perhaps the greatest of Persian Sufi poets; they are also inspired by the complex moods of Pakistani folktales and by the effort to cope with the rigors of life in the West.

About the Author

ANNEMARIE SCHIMMEL, died at age 80 in Bonn, Germany, where she had retired from her professorial post at the university of that city, a position she held along with a professorship of Indo-Muslim Culture at Harvard from which she was also emeritus. She left behind 150 publications, from modest pamphlets to lengthy books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 106 pages
• Publisher: KNP (September 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933546548
• ISBN-13: 978-0933546547
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #531,037 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Taste of Sufi Longing, December 28, 2000

By	Scott Snyder (Northern California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of my favorite books of poetry. Schimmel, a scholar and teacher of Rumi and Islam, not only knows her subject intellectually, but shows in this slim volume that her heart truly resonates with the "Longing for the Beloved." Read these words and you will get a "taste" of the spirit of Schimmel, Rumi and Sufi mysticism. You as reader may also come to know the longing for the beloved that lies buried in your own heart. This is the true teaching of this book of poetry and it achieves it masterfully. I had Professor Schimmel as a teacher in the classroom, but she reached me through this book.