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  • Book cover of The Prophet
    Kahlil Gibran

     · 2022

    ‘The Prophet’ is a collection of prose poetry offering spiritual insights into a range of subjects. Through 26 fables, Gibran explores everything from love, marriage, and children to the nature of good and evil, friendship and death. An extraordinary work, it lyrically suggests that we should welcome being present on the Earth and, only after we die will we understand the greater meaning behind our personal highs and lows. An eminently quotable book for those who want to delve into the idea of spiritual enrichment. The book was adapted into a film by the Mexican actor and producer Salma Hayek. The voices of Liam Neeson and Frank Langella were also used in the animated film. Born in Lebanon, but to move to the USA, Kahlil Gibran (1883 – 1931) was an important figure in the Romantic movement of the early 20th Century. Although he regarded himself more as a painter than an author, his writing challenged the established rigidity of traditional Arabic literature. In his works, he explored the theory of the loss of natural beauty in the modern world, alienation, and personal discord. Influenced by the Romantic writings of 19th Century European authors, Gibran is widely recognised as one of the most intellectually-sensitive writers of his time.

  • Book cover of A Tear and a Smile
    Kahlil Gibran

     · 2017

    A Tear and a Smile contains 56 parables, stories, and poems in Gibran's wholly inimitable manner...truly a masterful approach to discovering the meaning of one's life; Kahlil Gibran was one of the most important philosophers to emerge into the world.

  • Book cover of The Essential Kahlil Gibran
    Kahlil Gibran

     · 2005

    Kahlil Gibran, author of The Prophet, one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century, was a Lebanese essayist, novelist and mystic poet. This collection of Gibran's words from such poems as Secrets of the Heart', 'Spirits Rebellious' and 'Broken Wings', as well as his autobiography and various essays, was compiled by Joseph Shiban, a longtime student of the author's work. A perfect introduction to his passionately religious and often mystic outlook, Gibran's writings on love, work, death and other subjects illuminate the human experience.'

  • Book cover of The Madman
    Kahlil Gibran

     · 2009

    The poetry of Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), a Lebanese-American writer, is the third best-selling in the world, after Shakespeare and Laozi. Much of his work deals with Christianity and spiritual love, and is popularly read at important events such as marriages. His work is considered a source of wisdom.

  • Book cover of Sand and Foam
    Kahlil Gibran

     · 2011

    A book of aphorisms, poems, and parables by the author of "The Prophet" - a philosopher at his window commenting on the scene passing below.

  • Book cover of The Forerunner
    Kahlil Gibran

     · 2007

    From the acclaimed author of The Prophet comes a unique and moving collection of poems and parables. The book is short, but what the reader may create and experience as a result of its reading could fill volumes. The author, also an artist, has included five black and white illustrations to accompany his work.

  • Book cover of The Prophet
    Kahlil Gibran

     · 2021

    The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran.

  • Book cover of Mirrors of the Soul
    Kahlil Gibran

     · 2011

    A well-rounded look at the personal life, poetry, painting, and philosophy of the famous twentieth-century spiritual guide and author of The Prophet. Kahlil Gibran wrote prolifically and passionately in Arabic as well as English. First published in 1965 with nine works of poetry translated by Joseph Sheban, Mirrors of the Soul includes writings by Gibran that are as poignant today as when first written, such as “The New Frontier” and“The Sea.” These poems illuminate the dual nature of Gibran, who lived in the shadows both of New York skyscrapers and the cedars of his childhood Lebanon. Sheban enriches the new works with an insightful biography, a historical examination of politics and religion in Gibran’s native land, and the inclusion of revolutionary poems such as “My Countrymen” and “My People Died.”

  • Book cover of Almustafa
    Kahlil Gibran

     · 2008

    … jika cinta mengajakmu, ikutilah dia meskipun jalannya sulit dan curam cinta tidak memberikan apa pun kecuali kepada dirinya sendiri dan tidak mengambil apa pun kecuali dari dirinya sendiri cinta tidak memiliki dan tidak akan dimiliki sebab cinta memnuhi kebutuhannya sendiri kehidupan tidak bergerak mundur dan tidak tinggal bersama hari kemarin …. Almustafa (The Prophet) merupakan karya Kahlil Gibran yang paling banyak versi terjemahannya. Buku yang kali pertama diterbitkan pada 1923 ini berkisah mengenai kearifan hidup yang disampaikan lewat tokoh utamanya, Almustafa. Cerita berawal ketika Almustafa bersiap naik ke kapal menuju negeri asalnya setelah 12 tahun tinggal di negeri asing. Ia dihentikan oleh sekelompok penduduk negeri asing tersebut. Mereka meminta Almustafa untuk berbicara mengenai rahasia yang terbentang antara kehidupan dan kematian. Gibran, dengan gaya penulisan khasnya yang penuh metafora puitis, mampu meramu rahasia pertalian antara manusia dan Tuhan, hubungan orang tua dan anak-anaknya, pentingnya ilmu, dan sebagainya.

  • Book cover of The Collected Works of Kahlil Gibran
    Kahlil Gibran

     · 2007

    For the first time, all the major works of this beloved writer are gathered together in one hardcover volume. Poet, artist, and mystic, Kahlil Gibran was born in 1883 to a poor Christian family in Lebanon and immigrated to the United States as an adolescent. His masterpiece, The Prophet, a book of poetic essays that he began while still a youth in Lebanon, is one of the most cherished books of our time and has sold millions of copies in more than twenty languages since its publication in 1923. But all of Gibran’s works—essays, stories, parables, and prose poems—are imbued with equally powerful simplicity and wisdom, whether they are addressing marriage or children, friendship or grief, work or pleasure. Perhaps no other twentieth-century writer has touched the hearts and minds of so remarkably varied and widespread a readership. Included in this volume are The Prophet, The Wanderer, Jesus the Son of Man, A Tear and a Smile, Spirits Rebellious, Nymphs of the Valley, Prose Poems, The Garden of the Prophet, The Earth Gods, Sand and Foam, The Forerunner, and The Madman.