The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
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Author: Kahlil GibranEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-01
ISBN: 0517202751
Publisher: Gramercy
Summary of The Prophet
Written in parables reminiscent of the Bible, Gibran's famous inspirational book, first published in 1923, emphasizes caring human relationships. This facsimile of the original edition features a foil-stamped, leather-like cover, colored endpapers, and a ribbon marker.In a distant, timeless place, a mysterious prophet walks the sands. At the moment of his departure, he wishes to offer the people gifts but possesses nothing. The people gather round, each asks a question of the heart, and the man's wisdom is his gift. It is Gibran's gift to us, as well, for Gibran's prophet is rivaled in his wisdom only by the founders of the world's great religions. On the most basic topics--marriage, children, friendship, work, pleasure--his words have a power and lucidity that in another era would surely have provoked the description "divinely inspired." Free of dogma, free of power structures and metaphysics, consider these poetic, moving aphorisms a 20th-century supplement to all sacred traditions--as millions of other readers already have. --Brian Bruya
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