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Tao Te Ching: A New English Version (Perennial Classics)
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Mitchell writes well; his Tao Te Ching comes across as more poetic than most translations I've read. But while the words are prettier the meaning seems lost at times. I agree with the reviewers on here who criticise Mitchell for paraphrasing ligitimate translations and often missing the point. However, I still feel like his version is worth reading. By... »
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Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation
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On the list of the greatest spiritual books of all time, the Bhagavad Gita resides permanently in the top echelon. This poem of patently Indian genius sprouted an immense tree of devotional, artistic, and philosophical elaboration in the subcontinent. The scene is a battlefield with the prince Arjuna pitted against his own family, but no soo... »
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The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems
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This would be my first introduction to Pablo Neruda, and I must say I'm a bit disappointed. Not that Neruda isn't a great poet, the Nobel Prize and critical acclaim prove the contrary, but perhaps the translation could use some more work.
I picked this copy up noticing the name of Robert Hass', the translator and author of the Essential Ha... »
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The Book of Job
I had a very skeptical feelings twords this piece of literature since it was a requirement for my freshman literature class. I was extremely supprised it ... »
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The Enlightened Heart
The title itself speaks for this tender and uplifting collection of "spiritual" poetry. Mitchell's translation of some of the psalms have a particular cl... »
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Letters to a Young Poet
It would take a deeply cynical heart not to fall in love with Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet. At the end of this millennium, his sl... »
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The Gospel According to Jesus
Absolutely great, simultaneously critical and spiritual. I have long seen Jesus pretty much the way Mitchell sees him. (a wise and compassionate human bei... »
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