Sand and Foam A Wonderful Work by Khalil Gibran

✆A translated and revised work IDEAL FOR LOVERS OF A GOOD READ → Quality works to enjoy on your kindle. "This little book, Sand and Foam, is not bigger than its name. It is nothing more than a handful of sand and a little foam. In spite of having put it among the grains of my heart and in spite of having poured on its foam The juice of my soul is and will always be closer to the beach than to the sea and closer to the desired desire than to the ineffable encounter. In the desires of every man and every woman there is a little sand and a little foam, some show it and others are ashamed to show it, but I'm not ashamed " About the Author: Lebanese writer and painter born in Becharré on January 6, 1883 and died in New York on April 10, 1931. His family emigrated to the United States when he was eleven years old, a country where he learned English and where he was until his He returned to Lebanon in 1898. In his native country he began to perfect his drawing, and also there the germ of what would be his masterpiece, The Prophet, was born. In 1902 he returned to the United States, more specifically to Boston, one of the undisputed cultural capitals of New England, where he began a career as a painter that would lead him to exhibit in various parts of the world, even doing so, with great success, in Paris. As his fame as a painter advanced, Gibran began to publish his texts, for example in the magazine Al-Manarah, founded by him. In 1923 the prophet finally saw the light, Illustrated by himself, with great acceptance by the public and critics. Although living in New York since the 10s, Gibran tried to return to Lebanon constantly, longing for his roots.