Khalil Gibran

First published in the 1920's, THE PROPHET an inspirational, allegorical guide to living, the book is perhaps the most famous work of religious fiction of the Twentieth Century and has sold millions of copies in more than twenty languages. Gibran'sprotagonist, called simply 'the Prophet', delivers spiritual, yet practical, homilies on a wide variety of topics central to daily life: love, marriage and children; work and play; possessions, beauty, truth, joy and sorrow, death and many many more.

The Prophet

Product Dimensions: 18x11x1.2 cm.illust.Je ne connais pas d'autre exemple, dans l'histoire de la littérature, d'un livre qui ait acquis une telle notoriété, qui soit devenu une petite bible pour d'innombrables lecteurs, et qui continue cependant à circuler en marge, comme sous le manteau, sous des dizaines de millions de manteaux, faudrait-il dire, mais sous le manteau quand même, comme si Gibran était toujours un écrivain secret, un écrivain honteux, un écrivain maudit.Amin Maalouf. Une langue limpide, des images évocatrices et fortes : à travers l'enseignement d'Al-Mustafa se dessinent quelques-uns des trésors de l'expérience humaine. Rien n'échappe à la leçon du Sage: amour, joie, liberté, douleur, connaissance de soi, beauté, couple, passion, mort... La vie la plus intime, comme les problèmes les plus quotidiens. Hymne à la vie et à l'épanouissement de soi, Le Prophète s'impose désormais comme l'un des textes cultes du XXe siècle.

Le prophète

Optimistic and wise, these love poems convey a mystical certainty of the arrival of love, while dramatizing the search for a soul mate that takes place in daily life, the imagination, and dreams. Inviting reflection on the meaning of love and eloquently rendering the chain of moments that the experience of love leads us through, this famous inspirational poet channels the same proverbial simplicity and lyrical beauty that made his poem "The Prophet" instantly and internationally loved.

The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran

Love Letters in the Sand

You ask me how I became a madman. It happened thus: One day, long before many gods were born, I woke from a deep sleep and found all my masks were stolen—the seven masks I have fashioned and worn in seven lives—I ran maskless through the crowded streets shouting, “Thieves, thieves, the cursed thieves.” Men and women laughed at me and some ran to their houses in fear of me. And when I reached the market place, a youth standing on a house-top cried, “He is a madman.” I looked up to behold him; the sun kissed my own naked face for the first time. For the first time the sun kissed my own naked face and my soul was inflamed with love for the sun, and I wanted my masks no more. And as if in a trance I cried, “Blessed, blessed are the thieves who stole my masks.” Thus I became a madman. And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a thief in a jail is safe from another thief.

The Madman

"You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the wind."

An International Bestseller

The Prophet by Khalil Gibran

De toute l'oeuvre du mystique syro-américain, ##Le prophète## est le recueil qui a eu le plus grand retentissement dans le monde occidental. Oeuvre de réflexion et de méditation sur la relation de l'homme à lui-même, il a été écrit en 1923 et a connu maintes rééditions depuis. [SDM].

Secrets of the Hearts

Le prophète et le jardin du prophète

Aclamado romance do autor de O profeta, Asas partidas é um clássico que marcou a literatura árabe com os sentimentos mais profundos do primeiro amor e sua forte crítica social. Em Asas partidas, de Khalil Gibran – aclamado autor de O profeta –, o jovem Khalil é apresentado a Faris Karama, um comerciante rico e de bom coração de Beirute, e à sua filha, Salma. Khalil e Salma se atraem profundamente um pelo outro e passam a se encontrar, com a bênção do pai da moça. Mas o poderoso padre Ghalib, para ter acesso à fortuna de Karama, exige que seu filho se case com Salma. Presa a antigas tradições, a jovem se vê obrigada a abrir mão de sua felicidade e se casar com um outro homem. A obra, publicada originalmente em 1912, revela, além dos aspectos emocionais do primeiro amor, forte crítica social diante do regime de opressão então existente no Líbano. Selma, a protagonista, é o retrato da condição de submissão em que as mulheres viviam nessa sociedade. A difícil situação socioeconômica do país também fica evidente ao longo da narrativa. Khalil Gibran é conhecido pela reverência à sua terra natal e também pelo estilo primoroso e melancólico com que explora tanto o exuberante cenário natural quanto os aspectos espirituais dos personagens, acertando em cheio o coração de seus leitores e leitoras.

Asas partidas

The Broken Wings is a poetic novel written by Khalil Gibran and first published in Arabic in 1912. It is a tale of tragic love, set in turn-of-the-century Beirut. A young woman, Selma Karamy is betrothed to a prominent religious man's nephew. The protagonist, a young man, perhaps even Gibran himself, falls in love with this woman. They begin to meet in secret, however they are discovered, and Selma is forbidden to leave her house, breaking their hopes and hearts. The book highlights many of the social issues of the time in the Eastern Mediterranean, including religious corruption, the rights of women (and lack thereof), and the weighing up of wealth and happiness.

Original Unedited Edition

The Broken Wings

The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran, with calligraphy by Lassaâd Metoui and a preface by Malek Chebel. Composed of extracts from Gibran's works, including 'The Prophet', conveying the eternal power of love, illustrated by Lassaad Metoui's calligraphy.

Love Letter in the Sand

This volume contains the complete works (poetry and fiction) of Khalil Gibran. Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, also considered a philosopher although he himself rejected this title in his lifetime. He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published in the United States in 1923 and is one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages. As worded by Suheil Bushrui and Joe Jenkins, Gibran's life has been described as one "often caught between Nietzschean rebellion, Blakean pantheism and Sufi mysticism." Gibran discussed "such themes as religion, justice, free will, science, love, happiness, the soul, the body, and death" in his writings, which were "characterized by innovation breaking with forms of the past, by symbolism, an undying love for his native land, and a sentimental, melancholic yet often oratorical style." He explored literary forms as diverse as "poetry, parables, fragments of conversation, short stories, fables, political essays, letters, and aphorisms." Salma Khadra Jayyusi has called him "the single most important influence on Arabic poetry and literature during the first half of [the twentieth] century", and he is still celebrated as a literary hero in Lebanon.

Khalil Gibran: Complete Works (Wisehouse Classics)

Das Kultbuch: Gibrans Gedanken über Liebe, Tod und das Leben prägten die Beatnik- und Hippie-Kultur und waren ähnlich einflussreich wie Saint-Exupérys "Der kleine Prinz".

[Was bedeutet das alles?]

Der Prophet

Mikhail Naimy

A Biography

Kahlil Gibran

Published in 1920, The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems is the second collection of philosophical poetry and short stories by Lebanese author Khalil Gibran. A spiritual successor to The Madman, The Forerunner consists of 25 poems and parables relating to spirituality, love, our greater selves.

The Forerunner

This illustrated book is a simplified version of the famous work The Prophet by Khalil Gibran for children. +

For a New Generation

Edimat Libros

The classic works of literature contained in each of these volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. A wonderful introduction to world literature, this finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience. Includes "Broken Wings", "The Madman", "The Prophet", "Tears and a Smile", and others.

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