The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran, Rupi Kaur (Foreword by)

Overview

A brilliant man's philosophy on love, marriage, joy and sorrow, time, friendship and much more. Originally published in 1923 – translated into more than 20 languages. With 12 full page drawings by Gibran.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143133582
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/15/2019
Series:	A Penguin Classics Hardcover
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	18,780
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Kahlil Gibran, poet, philosopher, and artist was born in Lebanon, in 1883, and received his primary education in Beruit before emigrating with his parents to Boston in 1895. In 1889 he returned to Lebanon to continue his studies in Arabic before returning to Boston in 1903, around which time he met Mart Haskell, who would become his lifelong benefactor. In 1912, he settled in New York City and devoted himself to writing (both in Arabic and English) and to painting. Gibran died in 1931.

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Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese for his ship that was to return and bear him back to the isle of his birth.
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Table of Contents

The Prophet 1

The Coming of the Ship 3

On Love 11

On Marriage 15

On Children 19

On Giving 23

On Eating and Drinking 27

On Work 29

On Joy and Sorrow 33

On Houses 35

On Clothes 39

On Buying and Selling 41

On Crime and Punishment 45

On Laws 51

On Freedom 55

On Reason and Passion 59

On Pain 61

On Self-Knowledge 65

On Teaching 67

On Friendship 69

On Talking 71

On Time 73

On Good And Evil 75

On Prayer 79

On Pleasure 83

On Beauty 87

On Religion 91

On Death 95

The Farewell 99

Editorial Reviews

The inimitable line of Zeina Abirached offers a dream setting for Gibran’s poetic wisdom.

Amin Maalouf

"Cadenced and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil Gibran bring to one's ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes... If there is a man or woman who can read this book without a quiet acceptance of a great man's philosophy and a singing in the heart as of music born within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth." —Chicago Post

From the Publisher

There are many editions of this 1923 book, one of the unstoppable triumphs of the last 100 years. Gibran's poetic prose, half New Testament and half Walt Whitman, is used as serious advice and spiritual counsel by millions. This is a new, annotated edition.

Library Journal

Published in 1923, THE PROPHET is the narrative of Almustafa, a man preparing to return to the island of his birth after 12 years away. Before he departs, the people of his adopted city ask him to reflect on ideas such as love, the law, freedom, and self-knowledge. His answers are poetic and wise—the style is closer to the Gospels than to today’s crop of inspirational titles—and their beauty is enhanced by the pitch-perfect narration of Paul Sparer. Sparer has a magnificent voice that can’t help but evoke Orson Welles. Whatever your religious bent, this recording, first released in 1985, is well worth a listen. D.B. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

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