The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran - Books -  - 9781677406852 - December 19, 2019
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The Prophet

The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry essays written in English by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf. It is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over forty different languages and sold more than ten million copies in the United States alone. This edition contains all of the original illustrations. The prophet, Almustafa, has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition. The book is divided into twenty-eight chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) was a Lebanese artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in the north of modern-day Lebanon.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 19, 2019
ISBN13 9781677406852
Pages 82
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 5 mm   ·   131 g
Language English  

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