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The Gift by Ladinsky, Daniel & Hafiz is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Gift about?

Hafiz, a secret Sufi, came to prominence in his day as a writer of love poems. That love transformed into an all-consuming passion for union with the divine. In The Gift , Daniel Ladinsky bestows on us the impassioned yet whimsical strains of Hafiz's ecstasy. Never forced or awkward, Ladinsky's Hafiz whispers in your ear and pounds in your chest, naming God in a hundred metaphors. I once asked a bird, "How is it that you fly in this gravity Of darkness?" She responded, "Love lifts Me." Like Fitzgerald's version of Khayyam's Rubaiyat , the language of The Gift strikes a contemporary chord, resonating in the reader's mind and then in the heart. Ladinsky's language is plain, fresh, playful--dancing with an expert cadence that invites and surprises. If it is true, as Hafiz says, that a poet is someone who can pour light into a cup, reading Ladinsky's Hafiz is like gulping down the sun. --Brian Bruyawords : 29043

Who reads The Gift?

Author

Ladinsky, Daniel & Hafiz

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781101097366

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.79 / 5 (36 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13