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The Prophet: Timeless Wisdom for Modern Life

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Prophet: Timeless Wisdom for Modern Life
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kahlil Gibran
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 184,Width 117
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781529045857
ClassificationsDewey:811.52
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Bluebird
Publication Date 29 October 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A 20th century classic, The Prophet is thought-provoking, comforting and wise, and its simple truths remain compelling and rewarding to this day. Utterly unique and beloved around the world, The Prophet is a collection of twenty-six poetic essays by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran. Telling the story of the prophet Al-Mustafa and his conversations with various acquaintances as he returns home after a long absence, the book touches on subjects of universal concern, including love, friendship, passion, pain, religion and freedom.

Author Biography

Kahlil Gibran was born into an impoverished Christian family in Bsharri, Lebanon in 1883. His masterpiece, The Prophet, was first published in 1923 and is among the most-read books of the last century, inspiring the lyric-writing of John Lennon, among others. But Gibran enjoyed only scant recognition in his own time - his health broken by chronic illness and self-neglect, he died in 1931 aged just 48, in his adopted home of New York. He is buried at Bsharri, where his tomb, now a museum, is visited by more than 50,000 pilgrims annually.